FOIBLE

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Weak; feeble. [Obs.] Lord Herbert.

2.
n.

A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty. A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded and overshadowed by superficial foibles. De Quincey.

3.
n.

The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte. [Written also faible.]


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