debileadj.

/ˈdɛbɪl/

Etymology: < French débile (14–15th cent.), < Latin dēbilis weak, originally wanting in ability or aptitude, < dē- (de- prefix 1f) + habilis , able adj., adv., and n., apt, nimble, expert, etc.

Obsolete or archaic.

a. Weak, feeble, suffering from debility.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

imbecilec1550

debilitate1552

flash1562

unable1577

unhealthful1595

unabled1597

whindling1601

infirm1608

debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

1536 H. Latimer Let. 8 Jan. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 372 He being so debile, so weak, and of so great age.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 110/1 So debile, and feble of stomacke.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. x. 48 For that I haue not..foyl'd some debile Wretch.

1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks i. xliii. 308 Where the fact or Proposition from the Light of Nature is more debile.

1788 May in Pettigrew Life of Lettsom (1817) III. 278 She..was still very restless, and extremely debile.

1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 111 Causes, which induce a debile frame.

1890 E. Johnson Rise Christendom 158 In the form of a very debile old man of 202 years.

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b. Botany. ‘Applied to a stem which is too weak to support the weight of leaves and flowers in an upright position’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	debile
释义	debileadj. /ˈdɛbɪl/ Etymology: < French débile (14–15th cent.), < Latin dēbilis weak, originally wanting in ability or aptitude, < dē- (de- prefix 1f) + habilis , able adj., adv., and n., apt, nimble, expert, etc. Obsolete or archaic. a. Weak, feeble, suffering from debility. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 1536 H. Latimer Let. 8 Jan. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 372 He being so debile, so weak, and of so great age. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 110/1 So debile, and feble of stomacke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. x. 48 For that I haue not..foyl'd some debile Wretch. View more context for this quotation 1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks i. xliii. 308 Where the fact or Proposition from the Light of Nature is more debile. 1788 May in Pettigrew Life of Lettsom (1817) III. 278 She..was still very restless, and extremely debile. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 111 Causes, which induce a debile frame. 1890 E. Johnson Rise Christendom 158 In the form of a very debile old man of 202 years. Categories » b. Botany. ‘Applied to a stem which is too weak to support the weight of leaves and flowers in an upright position’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.1536
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