Both Uses of
foible
in
Moby Dick
- But this is a harmless little foible in the English whale-hunters, which the Nantucketer does not take much to heart; probably, because he knows that he has a few foibles himself.†
Chpt 52-54
- But this is a harmless little foible in the English whale-hunters, which the Nantucketer does not take much to heart; probably, because he knows that he has a few foibles himself.†
Chpt 52-54 *
Definition:
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(foible) a peculiar behavioral trait in an individual -- perhaps a weakness, but never important