"feebling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: feeblings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} feebling (plural feeblings)
  1. A feeble person.
    Sense id: en-feebling-en-noun-aCuoqE9x

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} feebling
  1. present participle and gerund of feeble Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: feeble
    Sense id: en-feebling-en-verb-3qQTl2H8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92

Inflected forms

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