Debility: Difference between revisions
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From Middle French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9bilit%C3%A9#Middle_French débilité], from Latin [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitas#Latin dēbilitās], from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilis#Latin dēbilis] ("weak, feeble"), from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/de-#Latin dē-] ("away from") + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/habilis#Latin habilis] ("able"). | From Middle French [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9bilit%C3%A9#Middle_French débilité], from Latin [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitas#Latin dēbilitās], from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilis#Latin dēbilis] ("weak, feeble"), from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/de-#Latin dē-] ("away from") + [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/habilis#Latin habilis] ("able"). | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:IPA_pronunciation_key IPA]: /dɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:IPA_pronunciation_key IPA]: /dɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:en-us-debility.ogg Audio (US)] | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:en-us-debility.ogg Audio (US)] | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Rhymes/English/ɪlɪti Rhymes: -ɪlɪti] | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Rhymes/English/ɪlɪti Rhymes: -ɪlɪti] | ||
===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
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#: ''Years of hardship had produced a moral '''debility''' from which the community struggled to recover.'' | #: ''Years of hardship had produced a moral '''debility''' from which the community struggled to recover.'' | ||
===Synonyms=== | ===Synonyms=== | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weakness weakness] | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weakness weakness] | ||
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* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/languor languor] | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/languor languor] | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asthenia asthenia] ''(medical)'' | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asthenia asthenia] ''(medical)'' | ||
===Related terms=== | ===Related terms=== | ||
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* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitation debilitation] | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitation debilitation] | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitated debilitated] | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debilitated debilitated] | ||
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
* | * [https://www.websters1913.com/words/Debility Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)] — entry for ''debility'' | ||
* | * [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Century_Dictionary/Debility The Century Dictionary (1911)] — entry for ''debility'' | ||
* | * [https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/48130 Oxford English Dictionary Online] — "debility, n.", entry 48130 | ||
[[Category:en:Medicine]] | [[Category:en:Medicine]] | ||
[[Category:en:Health]] | [[Category:en:Health]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:14, 26 April 2026
debility
[edit | edit source]Etymology
[edit | edit source]From Middle French débilité, from Latin dēbilitās, from dēbilis ("weak, feeble"), from dē- ("away from") + habilis ("able").
Pronunciation
[edit | edit source]- IPA: /dɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
- Audio (US)
- Rhymes: -ɪlɪti
Noun
[edit | edit source]debility (countable and uncountable, plural debilities)
- Weakness; infirmity; a state of abnormal feebleness, especially of the body.
- He suffered from general debility.
- (medicine) A condition of reduced vitality or diminished bodily strength; languor.
- The patient's debility made recovery slow and uncertain.
- (figurative) A weakening or impairment of will, resolve, or capacity.
- Years of hardship had produced a moral debility from which the community struggled to recover.
Synonyms
[edit | edit source]- weakness
- infirmity
- feebleness
- frailty
- enfeeblement
- languor
- asthenia (medical)
Related terms
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) — entry for debility
- The Century Dictionary (1911) — entry for debility
- Oxford English Dictionary Online — "debility, n.", entry 48130