over-feebleadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈfiːbl/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈfib(ə)l/

Forms: see over- prefix and feeble adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, feeble adj.

Etymology: < over- prefix + feeble adj.

Now rare.

Excessively feeble, too weak.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > ineffective > without force or cogency

over-feeble?c1225

void1526

unforcible1597

strengthlessa1603

invalidous1611

invalid1643

evanid1646

non est1858

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 301 Ge ne schulen eoten flesch ne saim bute imuche secnesse. oðer hwase is ouerfeble.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 147 (MED) Thilk proces is ouerfeble forto weerne ymagis to be had and vsid.

a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 51 Clymbe wiþ werkis of penaunce & deuocioun, aftir þat þe fleisch may þole, and noȝt ouer hyȝe, þat þe fleische bicome ouerfeble & þe spirit dulle.

a1500 Treat. Ghostly Battle in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 427 Gouerne youre..bodyly [read body] dyscretly, so that hit be nat ouer-feble by ouermeche abstynence and trauayle.

1593 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia iii. 282 She went away..condemning greatly..her sonnes ouer-feeble humblenesse, and purposing to egge him forward to a course of violence.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. viii. viii. f. 86^v Hee being the stronger perswader, and she (belike) too credulous in beleeuing, or else ouer-feeble in resisting..they fell to action.

1951 O. R. Taylor Fourth Republic France i. ii. 6 A great part of the public was..hostile to the idea of a sovereign constituent assembly, pointing out the danger of dictatorship and of an over-feeble executive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	over-feeble
释义	over-feebleadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfiːbl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfib(ə)l/ Forms: see over- prefix and feeble adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, feeble adj. Etymology: < over- prefix + feeble adj. Now rare. Excessively feeble, too weak. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > ineffective > without force or cogency over-feeble?c1225 void1526 unforcible1597 strengthlessa1603 invalidous1611 invalid1643 evanid1646 non est1858 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 301 Ge ne schulen eoten flesch ne saim bute imuche secnesse. oðer hwase is ouerfeble. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 147 (MED) Thilk proces is ouerfeble forto weerne ymagis to be had and vsid. a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 51 Clymbe wiþ werkis of penaunce & deuocioun, aftir þat þe fleisch may þole, and noȝt ouer hyȝe, þat þe fleische bicome ouerfeble & þe spirit dulle. a1500 Treat. Ghostly Battle in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 427 Gouerne youre..bodyly [read body] dyscretly, so that hit be nat ouer-feble by ouermeche abstynence and trauayle. 1593 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia iii. 282 She went away..condemning greatly..her sonnes ouer-feeble humblenesse, and purposing to egge him forward to a course of violence. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron II. viii. viii. f. 86^v Hee being the stronger perswader, and she (belike) too credulous in beleeuing, or else ouer-feeble in resisting..they fell to action. 1951 O. R. Taylor Fourth Republic France i. ii. 6 A great part of the public was..hostile to the idea of a sovereign constituent assembly, pointing out the danger of dictatorship and of an over-feeble executive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?c1225
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