infirmity

  • 21infirmity — in fir·mi·ty || ɪn fÉœrmÉ™tɪ / fɜːr n. sickness, illness; physical weakness, frailty; lack of moral strength …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 22infirmity — noun (plural infirmities) physical or mental weakness …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 23infirmity — n. 1. Weakness, feebleness, debility, frailness, frailty. 2. Foible, fault, failing, defect, weakness …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 24infirmity — n 1. ailment, malady, disorder, complaint, indisposition, infection, affliction, illness, loss of health; sickness, disease, contagious or infectious disease, epidemic, pestilence, pest, plague. 2. impairment, defect, debility, debilitation,… …

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  • 25infirmity — in·fir·mi·ty …

    English syllables

  • 26infirmity — in•fir•mi•ty [[t]ɪnˈfɜr mɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age[/ex] 2) the quality or state of being infirm; lack of strength 3) a moral weakness or failing • Etymology: 1325–75; ME < L …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27infirmity — /ɪnˈfɜməti/ (say in fermuhtee) noun (plural infirmities) 1. a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age. 2. the state of being infirm; lack of strength. 3. a moral weakness or failing. {Middle English infirmyte, from Latin infirmitas} …

  • 28infirmity — Disability; feebleness. In an application for insurance is an ailment or disease of a substantial character, which apparently in some material degree impairs the physical condition and health of the applicant and increases the chance of his death …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 29infirmity — Disability; feebleness. In an application for insurance is an ailment or disease of a substantial character, which apparently in some material degree impairs the physical condition and health of the applicant and increases the chance of his death …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 30infirmity — Disease; physical or mental weakness. Including abnormal weaknesses, such as impaired heart functions, as well as acute diseases. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1211. Something beyond a temporary disorder; an ailment of a somewhat established or settled… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary