feebling
English
editVerb
editfeebling
- present participle and gerund of feeble
Noun
editfeebling (plural feeblings)
- A feeble person.
- 1878, Stephen Joseph Mac Kenna, Brave Men in Action:
- Our sergeant did not, therefore, as might have been expected, retain the hale men to fight and send on the feeblings, but just the reverse; and the only disabled soldiers pushed forward were the few in the waggons […]
- 1915, Jack London, The Star Rover:
- You are feeblings. I am your master. You can't bring a squeal out of me. You think it remarkable, for you know how easily you would squeal.