debilityn.

/dɪˈbɪlɪti/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s debylite, debilyte, debilytee, debilytye, 1500s–1600s debilytie.

Etymology: < French débilité (Oresme, 14th cent.), < Latin dēbilitās, < dēbilis weak.

a. The condition of being weak or feeble; weakness, infirmity; want of strength; esp. that condition of the body in which the vital functions generally are feebly discharged.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness

faintise1297

weaknessa1300

faintc1320

feebleness1340

languishingc1384

lamea1400

unferea1400

unferenessa1400

unwielda1400

impotence1406

imbecility?a1425

languisha1425

languoringa1438

unwieldness1437

faintnessa1440

impotency1440

infirmityc1440

debility1484

unlustiness1486

resolution1547

unwieldiness1575

languishment1576

infirmness1596

weakness1603

prostrationa1626

exolution1634

languidness1634

prosternation1650

faintingnessa1661

debilitude1669

flaccidity1676

atony1693

puniness1727

faintishness1733

adynamia1743

asthenia1802

adynamy1817

weakliness1826

tonelessness1873

atonicity1900

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii The grete feblenesse and debylyte of thy lene body.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cliii For his feblenesse or debylyte of Age.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.h.vii To help y^e debilite of nature, w^t cupping glassis.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Idleness, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 517 By reason of age, debility of body, or want of health.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 105 By reason of the debility of his stomack.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. iv. 331 After full three hours ineffectual labour..the men being quite jaded, we were obliged, by mere debility, to desist.

1867 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) II. 260 With the cure of stammering, nervous debility decreases.

1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight vi. 89 After long illness, the muscle of accommodation shares the debility of the whole system.

†b. Weakness of a material structure. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun]

unfastness1398

debility1570

insolidity1578

unsoundness1605

tenderness1708

flimsiness1816

immateriality1886

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 353/2 Eyther by the debilitie of the bridge, or subteltie of the souldiours..Three thousande of them with bridge and all, fell armed into the violent streame.

2. Weakness in a mental or moral quality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will

unmighteOE

frailnessa1300

infirmityc1384

debility1474

brittleness1493

brucklenessc1500

weak side1668

weakness1748

washiness1763

feebleness1809–10

enervation1849

weak-mindedness1854

feet of clay1859

will-lessness1865

bonelessness1869

molluscousness1870

limpness1873

backbonelessness1882

invertebracy1882

weak-kneedness1882

invertebrateness1884

spinelessness1920

gutlessness1936

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. i. 80 For the debilite and feblenes of corage.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xi. sig. v.i After y^e debylyte, of stragylyte [sic] humayne.

1758 H. Walpole Catal. Royal Authors (1759) II. 219 This Lord had much debility of mind, and a kind of superstitious scruples.

1805 J. Foster Ess. ii. iv. 176 This debility of purpose.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) ii. 33 A wretched debility and dejection of the heart.

3. Political, social, or pecuniary weakness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]

waedlec888

wanspeedc893

wanea1100

wandrethc1175

miseasea1200

povertya1225

lowness?c1225

needc1225

orcostc1225

poorness?a1300

unwealtha1300

defaultc1300

porailc1325

straitnessa1340

poorhead1340

mischiefa1375

miseasetya1382

needinessa1382

misterc1385

indigencec1386

scarcitya1387

noughtc1400

scantnessc1400

necessity?1406

penurya1425

povertnessa1434

exilitya1439

wantc1450

scarcenessc1475

needinga1500

povertiesa1500

penurity?a1505

poortith?a1513

debility1525

tenuity1535

leanness1550

lack1555

Needham1577

inopy1581

pinching1587

dispurveyance1590

egency1600

macritude1623

penuriousness1630

indigency1631

needihood1648

necessitousness1650

egestuosity1656

straitened circumstancesa1766

unopulence1796

Queer Street1811

lowliness1834

breadlessness1860

unwealthiness1886

out-of-elbowness1890

secondary poverty1901

Short Street1920

society > authority > lack of power > [noun]

un-i-waldeOE

impotencea1420

debility1525

unpowerfulness1625

impuissance1645

imprevalencea1656

imprevalencya1656

impuissancy1701

weakness1838

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxxxviij [ccxxxiv] 738 The debylyte of the realme of Englande.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 1 §1 Wylling to releue and helpe his saide subiectes in their said necessities and debilitye.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 139 Which B. could not have for the debility of his estate.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 172 The debility of the courts of Austria and France.

†4.

a. (with plural) An instance of weakness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > moral weakness > a moral weakness

debilitya1533

frailtya1616

weakness1645

foible1673

feeble1678

foiblesse1685

weak point1827

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E.viij The open honestee supplyeth many fautes and debilytees.

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 61 They to guarde us from humane passions, and the debilities of Nature.

1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 82 Among the debilities of the government of the Confederation.

b. Astrology. Of a planet: A weakness or diminution of influence due to unfavourable position, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > situation of > weak influence

descensionc1386

dejection1430

fall?1583

detrimenta1640

debility1647

debilitude1669

impediment1819

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. To Rdr. 2 I would have him..well to understand the Debilities and Fortitudes of every Planet.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Debilities are either Essential, when a Planet is in its Detriment, Fall, or Peregrine; or Accidental, when it is in the 12th, 8th, or 6th Houses; or Combust, etc. So that by each of those Circumstances, a Planet is more or less afflicted, and said to have so many or so few Debilities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	debility
释义	debilityn. /dɪˈbɪlɪti/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s debylite, debilyte, debilytee, debilytye, 1500s–1600s debilytie. Etymology: < French débilité (Oresme, 14th cent.), < Latin dēbilitās, < dēbilis weak. 1. a. The condition of being weak or feeble; weakness, infirmity; want of strength; esp. that condition of the body in which the vital functions generally are feebly discharged. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness faintise1297 weaknessa1300 faintc1320 feebleness1340 languishingc1384 lamea1400 unferea1400 unferenessa1400 unwielda1400 impotence1406 imbecility?a1425 languisha1425 languoringa1438 unwieldness1437 faintnessa1440 impotency1440 infirmityc1440 debility1484 unlustiness1486 resolution1547 unwieldiness1575 languishment1576 infirmness1596 weakness1603 prostrationa1626 exolution1634 languidness1634 prosternation1650 faintingnessa1661 debilitude1669 flaccidity1676 atony1693 puniness1727 faintishness1733 adynamia1743 asthenia1802 adynamy1817 weakliness1826 tonelessness1873 atonicity1900 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xii The grete feblenesse and debylyte of thy lene body. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cliii For his feblenesse or debylyte of Age. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.h.vii To help y^e debilite of nature, w^t cupping glassis. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Idleness, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 517 By reason of age, debility of body, or want of health. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 105 By reason of the debility of his stomack. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. iv. 331 After full three hours ineffectual labour..the men being quite jaded, we were obliged, by mere debility, to desist. 1867 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) II. 260 With the cure of stammering, nervous debility decreases. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight vi. 89 After long illness, the muscle of accommodation shares the debility of the whole system. †b. Weakness of a material structure. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] unfastness1398 debility1570 insolidity1578 unsoundness1605 tenderness1708 flimsiness1816 immateriality1886 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 353/2 Eyther by the debilitie of the bridge, or subteltie of the souldiours..Three thousande of them with bridge and all, fell armed into the violent streame. 2. Weakness in a mental or moral quality. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will unmighteOE frailnessa1300 infirmityc1384 debility1474 brittleness1493 brucklenessc1500 weak side1668 weakness1748 washiness1763 feebleness1809–10 enervation1849 weak-mindedness1854 feet of clay1859 will-lessness1865 bonelessness1869 molluscousness1870 limpness1873 backbonelessness1882 invertebracy1882 weak-kneedness1882 invertebrateness1884 spinelessness1920 gutlessness1936 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. i. 80 For the debilite and feblenes of corage. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xi. sig. v.i After y^e debylyte, of stragylyte [sic] humayne. 1758 H. Walpole Catal. Royal Authors (1759) II. 219 This Lord had much debility of mind, and a kind of superstitious scruples. 1805 J. Foster Ess. ii. iv. 176 This debility of purpose. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) ii. 33 A wretched debility and dejection of the heart. 3. Political, social, or pecuniary weakness. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] waedlec888 wanspeedc893 wanea1100 wandrethc1175 miseasea1200 povertya1225 lowness?c1225 needc1225 orcostc1225 poorness?a1300 unwealtha1300 defaultc1300 porailc1325 straitnessa1340 poorhead1340 mischiefa1375 miseasetya1382 needinessa1382 misterc1385 indigencec1386 scarcitya1387 noughtc1400 scantnessc1400 necessity?1406 penurya1425 povertnessa1434 exilitya1439 wantc1450 scarcenessc1475 needinga1500 povertiesa1500 penurity?a1505 poortith?a1513 debility1525 tenuity1535 leanness1550 lack1555 Needham1577 inopy1581 pinching1587 dispurveyance1590 egency1600 macritude1623 penuriousness1630 indigency1631 needihood1648 necessitousness1650 egestuosity1656 straitened circumstancesa1766 unopulence1796 Queer Street1811 lowliness1834 breadlessness1860 unwealthiness1886 out-of-elbowness1890 secondary poverty1901 Short Street1920 society > authority > lack of power > [noun] un-i-waldeOE impotencea1420 debility1525 unpowerfulness1625 impuissance1645 imprevalencea1656 imprevalencya1656 impuissancy1701 weakness1838 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxxxviij [ccxxxiv] 738 The debylyte of the realme of Englande. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 1 §1 Wylling to releue and helpe his saide subiectes in their said necessities and debilitye. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 139 Which B. could not have for the debility of his estate. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iv. 172 The debility of the courts of Austria and France. †4. a. (with plural) An instance of weakness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > moral weakness > a moral weakness debilitya1533 frailtya1616 weakness1645 foible1673 feeble1678 foiblesse1685 weak point1827 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E.viij The open honestee supplyeth many fautes and debilytees. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 61 They to guarde us from humane passions, and the debilities of Nature. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 82 Among the debilities of the government of the Confederation. b. Astrology. Of a planet: A weakness or diminution of influence due to unfavourable position, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > situation of > weak influence descensionc1386 dejection1430 fall?1583 detrimenta1640 debility1647 debilitude1669 impediment1819 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. To Rdr. 2 I would have him..well to understand the Debilities and Fortitudes of every Planet. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Debilities are either Essential, when a Planet is in its Detriment, Fall, or Peregrine; or Accidental, when it is in the 12th, 8th, or 6th Houses; or Combust, etc. So that by each of those Circumstances, a Planet is more or less afflicted, and said to have so many or so few Debilities. 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