Infirm

[in·firm]

To be infirm is to be physically weak. If your great grandmother can't get around without a walker or a wheelchair, you might describe her as infirm.

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Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution.

Adjective S.
weak and feeble; "I''m feeling seedy today"

Adjective S.
lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare

Adjective S.
lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

Adjective S.
confined to bed (by illness)

a.
Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution.

a.
Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating.

a.
Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.

v. t.
To weaken; to enfeeble.

Infirm

In*firm" , 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.

A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man.

2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. "An infirm judgment." Burke.

Infirm of purpose!

3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.

He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground.

Syn. -- Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.

Infirm

In*firm", v. t. [L. infirmare : cf. F.infirmer.] To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution.

To weaken; to enfeeble.

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