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for foible
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Foible \Foi"ble\, a. [OF. foible. See Feeble.]
Weak; feeble. [Obs.] --Lord Herbert.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Foible \Foi"ble\, n.
1. A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.
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A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded
and overshadowed by superficial foibles. --De
Quincey.
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2. The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point;
-- opposed to forte. [Written also faible.]
Syn: Fault; imperfection; failing; weakness; infirmity;
frailty; defect. See Fault.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
foible
n 1: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to
an individual [syn: idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism]
2: the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "foible":
bad habit, besetting sin, blemish, bug, catch, crack, crotchet,
defect, defection, deficiency, drawback, eccentricity, failing,
failure, fault, faute, flaw, frailty, hang-up, hole, idiosyncrasy,
imperfection, inadequacy, infirmity, kink, little problem,
moral flaw, peculiarity, preoccupation, problem, quirk, rift,
shortcoming, snag, something missing, taint, vice,
vulnerable place, weak link, weak point, weak side, weakness
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