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Etymology

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From Old French feblesce, from feble (feeble).

Noun

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feebless (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Feebleness; weakness, infirmity.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      They passing forth kept on their readie way, / With easie steps so soft as foot could stryde, / Both for great feeblesse, which did oft assay / Faire Amoret that scarcely she could ryde, / And eke through heavie armes []

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