infirmness

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English

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Etymology

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From infirm +‎ -ness.

Noun

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infirmness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being infirm; feebleness or illness.
    • 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. [], 2nd edition, London: [] Henry Herringman [], published 1670, →OCLC:
      For both which purposes I thought it requisite to do these two things ; the one , to set down some experiments , which by the help of the reflections and insinuations that attend them , may assist you to discover the infirmness and insufficiency both of the common Peripatetic doctrine, and of the now more applauded theory of the chymists about colour

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