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feeble
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)
- Deficient in physical strength
- Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.
- 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)
- (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
- Alternative form of feble
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reduced
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???dju?st/
- (US) enPR: r?-do?ost?, IPA(key): /???dust/ or enPR: r?-djo?ost?, IPA(key): /???djust/
Verb
reduced
- simple past tense and past participle of reduce
Adjective
reduced (comparative more reduced, superlative most reduced)
- Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction.
- the reduced prices in a summer sale
- Discounted in price.
- the reduced goods at the sale
- (cooking) Of a sauce etc.: made more concentrated.
- The chicken was served in a reduced red wine sauce.
Translations
Anagrams
- deducer
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