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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality;
- Example: "a feeble old woman"
- Example: "her body looked sapless"
[syn: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly]

2. lacking firmness of will or character or purpose;
- Example: "infirm of purpose give me the daggers"; - Shakespeare;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Infirm \In*firm"\ ([i^]n*f[~e]rm"), a. [L. infirmus: cf. F. infirme. See In- not, and Firm, a.] 1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution. [1913 Webster] A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. "An infirm judgment." --Burke. [1913 Webster] Infirm of purpose! --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious. [1913 Webster] He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground. --South. Syn: Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Infirm \In*firm"\, v. t. [L. infirmare : cf. F. infirmer.] To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

infirm adj 1: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly] 2: lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare