English-Thai Dictionary

infirmity

N ความเจ็บป่วย  ความ ไม่มั่นคง  ความ บกพร่อง  illness unhealthiness healthfulness vigor kwam-jeb-puai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INFIRMITY

n.inferm'ity. [L. infirmitas.] 1. An unsound or unhealthy state of the body; weakness; feebleness. Old age is subject to infirmities.
2. Weakness of mind; failing; fault; foible.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
3. Weakness of resolution.
4. Any particular disease; malady; applied rather to chronic, than to violent diseases.
5. Defect; imperfection; weakness; as the infirmities of a constitution of government.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INFIRMITY

In *firm "i *ty, n.; pl. Infirmities. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

infirmity

in fir mi ty |inˈfərmitē ɪnˈfərmədi | ▶noun ( pl. infirmities ) physical or mental weakness: old age and infirmity come to men and women alike | the infirmities of old age.

 

Oxford Dictionary

infirmity

in |firm |ity |ɪnˈfɜːməti | ▶noun ( pl. infirmities ) [ mass noun ] physical or mental weakness: old age and infirmity come to men and women alike | [ count noun ] : the infirmities of old age.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

infirmity

infirmity noun the family would never openly discuss their aunt's infirmity: illness, malady, ailment, disease, disorder, sickness, affliction, complaint, indisposition, frailty, weakness; disability, impairment.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

infirmity

infirmity noun 1 they excused themselves on grounds of age and infirmity: frailty, weakness, feebleness, enfeeblement, delicacy, fragility, debility, debilitation, decrepitude, disability, impairment; illness, sickness, indisposition, poor health, declining health; lameness, dodderiness, shakiness, unsteadiness, instability. ANTONYMS strength, good health. 2 the infirmities of old age: ailment, malady, illness, disease, disorder, sickness, affliction, complaint, upset, condition, indisposition. 3 he struggled throughout his life with his own infirmity of will: weakness, hesitation, uncertainty, inconstancy; indecision, irresolution, irresoluteness, vacillation, fluctuation. ANTONYMS strength, certainty.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

infirmity

in fir mi ty /ɪnfə́ː r məti /名詞 複 -ties C U ｟かたく ｠虚弱, 病弱 .