different between feeble vs aged

English

Etymology

From Middle English feble, from Anglo-Norman feble (“weak, feeble”) (compare French faible), from Latin fl?bilis (“tearful, mournful, lamentable”). Doublet of foible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi?b?l/
• Rhymes: -i?b?l

Adjective

feeble (comparative feebler, superlative feeblest)

1. Deficient in physical strength

   Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.
2. Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.

   That was a feeble excuse for an example.

Synonyms

• (physically weak): weak, infirm, debilitated
• (wanting force, vigor or efficiency): faint

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

feeble (third-person singular simple present feebles, present participle feebling, simple past and past participle feebled)

1. (obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.

References

• feeble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• feeble in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• beflee

Middle English

Adjective

feeble

1. Alternative form of feble

English

Alternative forms

• agèd (poetic and disyllabic only)

Pronunciation

• (all senses) IPA^(key): /e?d?d/, enPR: ?jd
• (alternative for adjective or noun senses) IPA^(key): /?e?.d??d/, enPR: ??j?d

Adjective

aged (comparative more aged or further aged, superlative most aged or furthest aged)

1. Old.
2. (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.

   Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.

   • 1865 October 6, “Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times:

     John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.

   • 2012 March 22, Amy Chozick, “As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times:

     Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.

3. Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

Synonyms

• (old): eldern, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old
• (having the age of): -year-old
• (undergone effects of time): matured

Translations

Noun

aged pl (plural only)

1. Old people, collectively.

Translations

Verb

aged

1. simple past tense and past participle of age

Anagrams

• Gade, egad, gade