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infirmity

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in·fir·mi·ty  (n-fûrm-t)
n. pl. in·fir·mi·ties
1. A bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age.
2. Frailty; feebleness.
3. A condition or disease producing weakness.
4. A failing or defect in a person's character.

infirmity
Noun
pl -ties
1. the state of being infirm
2. physical weakness or frailty
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.infirmity - the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
unfitness, softness - poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
asthenia, astheny - an abnormal loss of strength
cachexia, cachexy, wasting - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
Translations
infirmity [ɪnˈfəːmɪtɪ] ndebilidad f (= illness); enfermedad f; achaque m
infirmity [ɪnˈfəːmɪtɪ] ninfirmité f
infirmity [ɪnˈfəːmɪtɪ] infirm nSchwäche f, Gebrechlichkeit f
infirmity [ɪnˈfəːmɪtɪ] ninfermità f inv


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When is a man to be safe from such wit, if age and infirmity will not protect him?
As they drew near, the widow recognized in every face some trait of former friends, long forgotten, but now returning, as if from their old graves, to warn her to prepare a shroud; or, with purpose almost as unwelcome, to exhibit their wrinkles and infirmity, and claim her as their companion by the tokens of her own decay.
Love is never quite devoid of sentimentality, and Strickland was the least inclined to that infirmity of any man I have known.
 
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