Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnˈfɝm/
infirm (comparative infirmer, superlative infirmest)
- Weak or ill, not in good health.
- He was infirm of body but still keen of mind, and though it looked like he couldn't walk across the room, he crushed me in debate.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, Scene 2,
- […] Here I stand your slave,
- A poor, infirm, weak, and despis’d old man.
- Irresolute; weak of mind or will.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, Scene 2,
- Infirm of purpose!
- Give me the daggers: […]
- 1797, Edmund Burke, A Third Letter to a Member of the Present Parliament: On the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France, London: F.&C. Rivington, p. 30,
- […] vehement passion does not always indicate an infirm judgment.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, Scene 2,
- Frail; unstable; insecure.
- 1667, Robert South, “The Practice of Religion Enforced by Reason” in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennet, p. 3,
- He who fixes upon false Principles, treads upon Infirm ground, and so sinks […]
- 1667, Robert South, “The Practice of Religion Enforced by Reason” in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennet, p. 3,
- French: infirme
- German: schwach, schwächlich, kränklich, gebrechlich, siech, kraftlos
- Russian: не́мощный
- Spanish: enfermizo, endeble
- German: instabil
- Russian: неусто́йчивый
infirm (infirms, present participle infirming; past and past participle infirmed)
- To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.
- The thought is that you see an episode of observation, experiment, or reasoning as confirming or infirming a hypothesis depending on whether your probability for it increases or decreases during the episode.
- French: infirmer
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