feeble
adjective
[ ˈfiːb(ə)l ]
• lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.
• "by now, he was too feeble to leave his room"
Similar:
weak,
weakly,
weakened,
puny,
wasted,
frail,
infirm,
delicate,
sickly,
ailing,
unwell,
poorly,
failing,
helpless,
powerless,
impotent,
enfeebled,
enervated,
debilitated,
incapacitated,
effete,
decrepit,
doddering,
doddery,
tottering,
tottery,
shaky,
trembling,
trembly,
shilpit,
etiolated,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fieble, earlier fleible, from Latin flebilis ‘lamentable’, from flere ‘weep’.
