debility

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dɪˈbɪlɪti/

Noun

debility

1. A state of physical or mental weakness.
   • 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein.

     As I was in a state of extreme debility, I resolved to sail directly towards the town, as a place where I could most easily procure nourishment.

     I was ready to sink from fatigue and hunger, but being surrounded by a crowd, I thought it politic to rouse all my strength, that no physical debility might be construed into apprehension or conscious guilt.

Related terms

• debile
• debilitate
• debilitation

Translations

• French: débilité, fatigue
• Portuguese: debilidade
• Russian: сла́бость
• Spanish: debilidad

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