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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infirmity \In*firm"i*ty\, n.; pl {Infirmities}. [L. infirmitas
: cf F. infirmite. See {Infirm}, a.]
1. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or
weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated
state; a disease; a malady; as infirmity of body or mind.
'T is the infirmity of his age. --Shak.
2. A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a
weakness or defect.
Will you be cured of your infirmity ? --Shak.
A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.
--Shak.
The house has also its infirmities. --Evelyn.
Syn: Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness; failing;
foible; defect; disease; malady. See {Debility}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
infirmity
n : the state of being weak in health or body (especially from
old age) [syn: {frailty}, {debility}, {feebleness}, {frailness}]
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