feeble, nerveless
(adjective) lacking strength; “a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude”- Nathaniel Hawthorne
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
(adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; “a feeble old woman”; “her body looked sapless”
faint, feeble
(adjective) lacking strength or vigor; “damning with faint praise”; “faint resistance”; “feeble efforts”; “a feeble voice”
feeble, lame
(adjective) pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; “a feeble excuse”; “a lame argument”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
feeble (comparative feebler, superlative feeblest)
Deficient in physical strength
Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.
• (physically weak): weak, infirm, debilitated
• (wanting force, vigor or efficiency): faint
feeble (third-person singular simple present feebles, present participle feebling, simple past and past participle feebled)
(obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.
• beflee
Source: Wiktionary
Fee"ble, a. [Compar. Feebler; superl. Feeblest.] Etym: [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible.]
1. Deficient in physical strenght; weak; infirm; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15.
2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble voice." Shak.
Fee"ble, v. t.
Definition: To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
