forcible-feeble
forcible-feeble adjective: having a vigorous appearance, but in reality, weak or insipid.
Adjective
forcible-feeble (comparative more forcible-feeble, superlative most forcible-feeble)
- Having a vigorous appearance, but in reality, weak or insipid.
- He would purge his book of much offensive matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad taste of the forcible-feeble school.1850, The North British Review, volumes 13-14, page 2
- But [allegory] is apt to spoil two good things—a story and a moral, a meaning and a form; and the taste for it is responsible for a large part of the forcible feeble writing that has been inflicted on the world.1879, Henry James, chapter III, in Hawthorne, London: Macmillan & Co., page 63
forcible-feeble meaning in Tamil
forcible-feeble in Tamil
- வெட்டி வீராப்பு
Forms of forcible-feeble
| comparative | more forcible-feeble |
|---|---|
| superlative | most forcible-feeble |
| alternative form | forcible-Feeble |
Origin of forcible-feeble
From Francis Feeble, a character in William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2, to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet forcible.
Questions about forcible-feeble
- What does forcible-feeble mean?
- Forcible-feeble means having a vigorous appearance, but in reality, weak or insipid.
- What is forcible-feeble in Tamil?
- Forcible-feeble in Tamil is வெட்டி வீராப்பு. See Forcible-feeble meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is forcible-feeble?
- Forcible-feeble is an adjective.
Words near forcible-feeble in the dictionary
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