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▪ I. feeblish, a. (ˈfiːblɪʃ) [f. feeble a. + -ish.] Somewhat feeble.1674 R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic 68 They that are weakly, tender, and feeblish. 1832 Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 865 Performers with feeblish faces that must frown. 1857 Hughes Tom Brown ii. v, He..is feeblish..about the knees. 1...
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affeeblish
† aˈffeeblish, v. Obs. rare. [f. OFr. afebliss-, extended stem of afeblir (mod. affaiblir): see affeeble. Cf. feeblish v.] A by-form of affeeble.1483 Caxton G. de la Tour h iij b, Wyn taken ouer mesure..affeblysshed the brayne.
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enfeeblish
† enˈfeeblish, v. Obs. Forms: 4 enfeblesch, -ish, 5 -yssh, 6–7 enfeeblish. [a. OF. enfebliss-, lengthened stem of enfeblir: see enfeeble.] a. intr. To become or grow feeble. b. trans. To make feeble, enfeeble.1382 Wyclif Ex. xxii. 14 Who of his neiȝbore eny thing of thes askith to borwe, and it were...
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shipwrecky
ˈshipwrecky, a. rare. colloq. ‘Shaky’, weak.1857 Hughes Tom Brown ii. v, Feeblish, not to say ship⁓wrecky, about the knees.
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puny
▪ I. puny, a. and n. (ˈpjuːnɪ) Also 6 puney, 6–7 punie, punye, 7 punay, punee. [Phonetic spelling of puisne, q.v.] A. adj. † 1. Junior; inferior in rank, subordinate: = puisne a. 1, 1 b. Obs.a 1577 Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. (1609) 64 The officer before whom the Clerke is to take the essoyne, is the p...
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-ish
▪ I. -ish1 a suffix forming adjs., of Com. Teut. origin; Goth. -isks, ON. -iskr, OHG., OS., OFris., OE. -isc, Ger., Du. -isch: cognate with Gr. -ισκ-ος dim. suffix of ns. Sometimes syncopated to -sh (spelt also -ch). In Scottish usually -is, syncopated -s, -ce. In words of old formation, the prec. v...
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