infirm
Adjective Satellite
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; - Shakespeare
- "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers"
Adj
- Weak or ill, not in good health.
- Irresolute; weak of mind or will.
- Frail; unstable; insecure.
Verb
Verb Forms: infirmed, infirming, infirms
- To weaken or destroy the validity or force of something.
- To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.
Examples
- 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.
- His attempt to infirm my challenge failed, proving my word was valid.
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
* The noun is from Middle English infirme, from Latin infirmus (“weak, feeble”).
* The verb is from Latin īnfirmāre.
Synonyms
debile, decrepit, feeble, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly, crank, disconfirm, ill, sick, unwell
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
infirm: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinfirm: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
infirm: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary