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infirmity(dictionary)
infirmity(dictionary)

infirmity (iou)



infirmity noun. LME.
[Latin infirmitas, formed as INFIRM adjective: see -ITY.]
Weakness or lack of strength; lack of power to do something; an instance of this. LME.
b. Lack of validity in an argument or title. E17.
Physical weakness, debility, frailty of body, etc., resulting from some defect, disease, or (esp.) old age; a specific physical weakness; esp. a failing in one of the faculties. Formerly also, an illness. LME.
(A) weakness or defect of character; (a) moral weakness or frailty. LME.
A noxious vegetative growth. rare. L16-M18.