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
- and is not that the commonest infirmity of declining life?†
Chpt 8
- "Infirmity!" said Elinor, "do you call Colonel Brandon infirm?†
Chpt 8
- 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 9
Definitions:
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(1)
(infirm) weak from old age or disease
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of infirm.