INFIRMER

Adjective

infirmer

comparative form of infirm

Source: Wiktionary


INFIRM

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



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