"feebleness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-feebleness.wav Forms: feeblenesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English feblenesse; equivalent to feeble + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feblenesse}} Middle English feblenesse, {{suffix|en|feeble|ness}} feeble + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} feebleness (countable and uncountable, plural feeblenesses)
  1. The quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being feeble): cansızlıq (Azerbaijani), slaabosti (Ingrian), laige [feminine] (Irish), درمانسزلق (dermansızlık) (Ottoman Turkish), ضعیفلق (zaʼiflık) (Ottoman Turkish)

Inflected forms

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