feeblishadj.

Brit.

/ˈfiːblɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈfiblɪʃ/

Etymology: < feeble adj. + -ish suffix¹.

Somewhat feeble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective] > somewhat

feeblish1674

weakish1865

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial

thin?c1225

lighta1413

superficiala1425

sleevelessc1450

frivolous1549

frothy1593

windy1593

shallow1594

airy1600

ghostlessa1603

sleazy1648

tenuious1656

wishy-washy1693

gauzy1774

lathery1803

wish-washy1814

tenuousa1817

toy1821

flimsy1827

airy-fairy1857

facile1857

feeblish1882

popcorn1973

1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 68 They that are weakly, tender, and feeblish.

1832 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 865 Performers with feeblish faces that must frown.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. v. 322 He..is feebleish..about the knees.

1882 Carlyle in Cent. Mag. 24 23 Rather a feeblish kind of County-Town.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† feeblishv.

Forms: Middle English febliss, Middle English–1500s feblis(s)h, 1500s feeblysh, Middle English–1600s feeblish.

Etymology: < Old French *febliss-, lengthened stem of *feblir (recorded forms foiblir , flebir ), < feble : see feeble adj.

Obsolete.

transitive. To render feeble, weak, or infirm; to enfeeble; = feeble v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak

fellOE

wastec1230

faintc1386

endull1395

resolvea1398

afaintc1400

defeat?c1400

dissolvec1400

weakc1400

craze1476

feeblish1477

debilite1483

overfeeble1495

plucka1529

to bring low1530

debilitate1541

acraze1549

decaya1554

infirma1555

weaken1569

effeeble1571

enervate1572

enfeeble1576

slay1578

to pull downa1586

prosternate1593

shake1594

to lay along1598

unsinew1598

languefy1607

enerve1613

pulla1616

dispirit1647

imbecilitate1647

unstring1700

to run down1733

sap1755

reduce1767

prostrate1780

shatter1785

undermine1812

imbecile1829

disinvigorate1844

devitalize1849

wreck1850

atrophy1865

crumple1892

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 32^v All thinges be amunysshed & feblisshed by Iniustice.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 349 With hungyr he thoucht thame to Feblis.

1525 J. Froissart Cronycles III. lvii. f. 79/2 All crystendome was sore decayed and feblysshed by occasyon of the warres bytwene Englande & Fraunce.

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. C iij b They assende and gether to gether feblysshynge the guttes.

Derivatives

ˈfeeblishing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health

failinga1382

sickeninga1382

wasting1398

downhielda1400

dissolutionc1400

debilitationa1492

defailing1502

effeeblishing1540

faintingc1540

effeeblishment1545

enervationa1575

feeblishing1574

declining1588

decay1609

flagging1611

labefaction1620

feebling1624

sinking1625

deading1645

dejection1652

fail1654

emperiment1674

decline1770

sapping1825

breakdown1858

attenuation1868

1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 323 Feblishing. Infirmatio.

1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 116 Except yee dread great feeblishing of Nature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	feeblish
释义	feeblishadj. Brit. /ˈfiːblɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfiblɪʃ/ Etymology: < feeble adj. + -ish suffix¹. Somewhat feeble. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective] > somewhat feeblish1674 weakish1865 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial thin?c1225 lighta1413 superficiala1425 sleevelessc1450 frivolous1549 frothy1593 windy1593 shallow1594 airy1600 ghostlessa1603 sleazy1648 tenuious1656 wishy-washy1693 gauzy1774 lathery1803 wish-washy1814 tenuousa1817 toy1821 flimsy1827 airy-fairy1857 facile1857 feeblish1882 popcorn1973 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 68 They that are weakly, tender, and feeblish. 1832 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 865 Performers with feeblish faces that must frown. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. v. 322 He..is feebleish..about the knees. 1882 Carlyle in Cent. Mag. 24 23 Rather a feeblish kind of County-Town. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † feeblishv. Forms: Middle English febliss, Middle English–1500s feblis(s)h, 1500s feeblysh, Middle English–1600s feeblish. Etymology: < Old French febliss-, lengthened stem of feblir (recorded forms foiblir , flebir ), < feble : see feeble adj. Obsolete. transitive. To render feeble, weak, or infirm; to enfeeble; = feeble v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak fellOE wastec1230 faintc1386 endull1395 resolvea1398 afaintc1400 defeat?c1400 dissolvec1400 weakc1400 craze1476 feeblish1477 debilite1483 overfeeble1495 plucka1529 to bring low1530 debilitate1541 acraze1549 decaya1554 infirma1555 weaken1569 effeeble1571 enervate1572 enfeeble1576 slay1578 to pull downa1586 prosternate1593 shake1594 to lay along1598 unsinew1598 languefy1607 enerve1613 pulla1616 dispirit1647 imbecilitate1647 unstring1700 to run down1733 sap1755 reduce1767 prostrate1780 shatter1785 undermine1812 imbecile1829 disinvigorate1844 devitalize1849 wreck1850 atrophy1865 crumple1892 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 32^v All thinges be amunysshed & feblisshed by Iniustice. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 349 With hungyr he thoucht thame to Feblis. 1525 J. Froissart Cronycles III. lvii. f. 79/2 All crystendome was sore decayed and feblysshed by occasyon of the warres bytwene Englande & Fraunce. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. C iij b They assende and gether to gether feblysshynge the guttes. Derivatives ˈfeeblishing n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health failinga1382 sickeninga1382 wasting1398 downhielda1400 dissolutionc1400 debilitationa1492 defailing1502 effeeblishing1540 faintingc1540 effeeblishment1545 enervationa1575 feeblishing1574 declining1588 decay1609 flagging1611 labefaction1620 feebling1624 sinking1625 deading1645 dejection1652 fail1654 emperiment1674 decline1770 sapping1825 breakdown1858 attenuation1868 1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 323 Feblishing. Infirmatio. 1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 116 Except yee dread great feeblishing of Nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1674v.1477
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