infirm
(adjective) lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; “infirm of purpose; give me the daggers” - Shakespeare
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
(adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; “a feeble old woman”; “her body looked sapless”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
infirm (comparative infirmer, superlative infirmest)
Weak or ill, not in good health.
Irresolute; weak of mind or will.
Frail; unstable; insecure.
infirm (third-person singular simple present infirms, present participle infirming, simple past and past participle infirmed)
To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.
• disconfirm
• confirm
• Firmin
Source: Wiktionary
In*firm", a. Etym: [L.infirmus: cf.F.infirme. See In- not, and Firm, a.]
1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution. A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. Shak.
2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. "An infirm judgment." Burke. Infirm of purpose! Shak.
3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious. He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground. South.
Syn.
– Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.
In*firm", v. t. Etym: [L. infirmare : cf. F.infirmer.]
Definition: To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
