feebleness

noun

fee·​ble·​ness

plural -es

: the quality or state of being feeble

the old man's halting steps revealed the feebleness of his constitution

the writing was marked by feebleness of style and inanity of content

Word History

Etymology

Middle English feblenesse, from feble + -nesse -ness

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