All 5 Uses of
infirm
in
Sense and Sensibility
- When is a man to be safe from such wit, if age and infirmity will not protect him?†
Chpt 8 *infirmity = weakness from old age or disease
- "Infirmity!" said Elinor, "do you call Colonel Brandon infirm?†
Chpt 8
- "Infirmity!" said Elinor, "do you call Colonel Brandon infirm?†
Chpt 8infirm = weak from old age or disease
- and is not that the commonest infirmity of declining life?†
Chpt 8infirmity = weakness from old age or disease
- But they learnt, on enquiry, that its possessor, an elderly lady of very good character, was unfortunately too infirm to mix with the world, and never stirred from home.†
Chpt 9infirm = weak from old age or disease