debile

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /dɛˈbɪəɫ/

Adjective[edit]

debile (comparative more debile, superlative most debile)

  1. (obsolete) Weak.
    • about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
      So, then, it was no surprise to the ranchhold when the buckboard spun to the door, and Raidler took up his debile protege like a handful of rags and set him down upon the gallery.

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin debilis. Compare debole.

Adjective[edit]

debile m, f (masculine and feminine plural debili)

  1. (obsolete) weak

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Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

dēbile

  1. nominative neuter singular of dēbilis
  2. accusative neuter singular of dēbilis
  3. vocative neuter singular of dēbilis

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Noun[edit]

debile

  1. Nominative and vocative plural of debil.
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