foible

noun

/ˈfɔɪbl/

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a silly habit or a strange or weak aspect of a person’s character that is not considered serious by other people synonym idiosyncrasy
- We have to tolerate each other's little foibles.
- He often writes about the workings of government and the foibles of politicians.
- I soon got used to his little foibles.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘feeble’): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble, from Latin flebilis ‘lamentable’, from flere ‘weep’. This sense also formerly occurred as a sense of the word feeble and dates from the 17th cent.

单词	foible
释义	foible noun /ˈfɔɪbl/ /ˈfɔɪbl/ jump to other results a silly habit or a strange or weak aspect of a person’s character that is not considered serious by other people synonym idiosyncrasy We have to tolerate each other's little foibles. He often writes about the workings of government and the foibles of politicians. I soon got used to his little foibles. Word Originlate 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘feeble’): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble, from Latin flebilis ‘lamentable’, from flere ‘weep’. This sense also formerly occurred as a sense of the word feeble and dates from the 17th cent.
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