All 3 Uses of
infirm
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- I have drunk but one cup to-night, and that was craftily qualified too, and behold, what innovation it makes here: I am unfortunate in the infirmity, and dare not task my weakness with any more.†
Scene 2.3 *infirmity = weakness from old age or disease
- I fear the trust Othello puts him in, On some odd time of his infirmity, Will shake this island.†
Scene 2.3
- And 'tis great pity that the noble Moor Should hazard such a place as his own second With one of an ingraft infirmity: It were an honest action to say So to the Moor.†
Scene 2.3
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.