"feeblesome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more feeblesome [comparative], most feeblesome [superlative]
Etymology: From feeble + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|feeble|some}} feeble + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} feeblesome (comparative more feeblesome, superlative most feeblesome)
  1. Characterised or marked by feebleness; weak or faint
    Sense id: en-feeblesome-en-adj--BuWOzHI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some

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          "text": "It ain't no cinch play that this female's deef, neither; which it's allers plain she hears the most feeblesome yelp of that infant, all the way from the dance-hall to the O. K. House, an' that means across the camp complete.",
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          "ref": "1903, The Anamosa Prison Press, volume 6",
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          "ref": "1931, Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan",
          "text": "And ef it hadn't 'a' been fur me and Doc Lew Lake and Jimmy Bagby and three-four others raisin' a feeblesome imitation of the Rebel Yell ez we went past, there'd 'a' been no tribute atall fur the man who marched away in '61 leadin' this town's fust company of volunteers, and come back in '65, a full brigadier bringin' whut wuz left [...]",
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