| 单词 | old and infirm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold (or aged) and infirm a. Of persons, with reference to physical condition: Not strong and healthy; physically weak or feeble, esp. through age; hence frequently old (or aged) and infirm. Also transferred of age. 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 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 283 The..vnruly waywardnes, that infirme and cholericke yeares bring with them. View more context for this quotation 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ix. 20 A poore infirme weak & Despis'd ould man. View more context for this quotation 1693 W. Temple Mem. 1679 (R.) The present elector is old and infirm, and has, for some years past, deceived the world by living so long. 1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxxi. 104 With secret ills at home he pines, And, like infirm old-age, declines. 1773 Observ. State Poor 83 The aged and infirm who have settled habitations. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. Introd. 3 The Minstrel was infirm and old. 1832 H. Martineau Ella of Garveloch i. 8 Their father had been growing infirm for many years. 1832 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce at Cotton Allowance being made for old and infirm persons, children, &c. < as lemmas |
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