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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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worn
English
Etymology
By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /w??n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??n/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /wo(?)?n/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /wo?n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
- Homophone: warn (accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Adjective
worn (comparative more worn, superlative most worn)
- damaged and shabby as a result of much use
Translations
Verb
worn
- past participle of wear
Derived terms
- forworn
- outworn
- worn out
Anagrams
- Norw., rown
Middle English
Verb
worn
- Alternative form of weren
Old English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /worn/, [wor?n]
Noun
worn m
- great many, multitude
- crowd, swarm, band, flock
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “worn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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