Sekirov Dictionary

debile

/dɛˈbiːl/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

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(historical) Having debilism.
- Cretins are debile, hard of hearing, and small in stature. — 1979
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(no longer used) Weak; feeble.
- So, then, it was no surprise to the ranchhold when the buckboard spun to the door, and Raidler took up his debile protégé like a handful of rags and set him down upon the gallery. — 1903

noun1

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(historical) A person with debilism.
- Oligophrenes (debiles) are taught in special schools in the maintenance of the Ministry of Public Education of the R.S.F.S.R. — 1956

forms

debiles · more debile · most debile

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