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infirmness

infirmness noun: the quality of being infirm; feebleness or illness.

Noun

infirmness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being infirm; feebleness or illness.
    • For both which purposes I thought it requisite to do these two things ; the one , to set down some experiments , which by the help of the reflections and insinuations that attend them , may assist you to discover the infirmness and insufficiency both of the common Peripatetic doctrine, and of the...1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. […], London: […] Henry Herringman […], →OCLC

Origin of infirmness

From infirm + -ness.

Questions about infirmness

What does infirmness mean?
Infirmness means the quality of being infirm; feebleness or illness.
What part of speech is infirmness?
Infirmness is a noun.

Words near infirmness in the dictionary

  1. infirming
  2. infirmitie
  3. infirmities
  4. infirmity
  5. infirmly
  6. infirmness
  7. infirms
  8. infissile
  9. infit
  10. infitah
  11. infits

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