debile

From Middle French débile (“weak”), from Latin debilis.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɛˈbɪəɫ/

debile (comparative more debile, superlative most debile)

1. (obsolete) Weak; feeble.
   • about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito

     So, then, it was no surprise to the ranchhold when the buckboard spun to the door, and Raidler took up his debile protege like a handful of rags and set him down upon the gallery.

• belied, edible

debile

1. inflection of debil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Borrowed from Latin dēbilis. Compare debole.

debile (plural debili)

1. (obsolete) weak

   Synonym: debole

• debilità

dēbile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of dēbilis

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈbi.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -ilɛ
• Syllabification: de‧bi‧le

debile

1. nominative/vocative plural of debil

debile

1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of debil.