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单词 foiblesse
释义 foiblesse ? Obs.
[a. Fr. foiblesse, obs. spelling of faiblesse, f. faible feeble.]
a. A characteristic weakness; a failing.
b. A liking or ‘weakness’ for (something).
1685Crowne Sir C. Nice iv. 38 Besides, i've another humour, but that's a Foibless will ridicule me.1755T. H. Croker Orl. Fur. I. Pref. 5, I..must acknowledge my own foiblesse in conception of a sensible pleasure, when [etc.].1813Jeffrey in Edin. Rev. XXI. 294 A mere foiblesse.1834Ibid. LIX. 153 Our own foiblesse for such speculations might tempt us to select a few more samples.
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