overfeeble
UK/əʊvəˈfiːbəl/US/oʊvɚˈfiːbəl/
overfeeble adjective: feeble to an excessive or debilitating degree.
Adjective
overfeeble (comparative more overfeeble, superlative most overfeeble)
- Feeble to an excessive or debilitating degree.
- […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout...1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, translated by John Florio, The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen, Isaac...
- For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war...1837, George Sand, translated by Stanley Young, Mauprat, Cassandra Editions, published 1977, →ISBN, page 237
Forms of overfeeble
| comparative | more overfeeble |
|---|---|
| superlative | most overfeeble |
| alternative form | over-feeble |
Origin of overfeeble
From Middle English overfeble; equivalent to over- + feeble.
Questions about overfeeble
- What does overfeeble mean?
- Overfeeble means feeble to an excessive or debilitating degree.
- What part of speech is overfeeble?
- Overfeeble is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce overfeeble?
- Overfeeble is pronounced /oʊvɚˈfiːbəl/ (US).
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