foible
noun
[ ˈfɔɪb(ə)l ]
• a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character.
• "they have to tolerate each other's little foibles"
Similar:
weakness,
weak point,
weak spot,
failing,
shortcoming,
flaw,
imperfection,
blemish,
fault,
defect,
frailty,
infirmity,
inadequacy,
limitation,
quirk,
kink,
idiosyncrasy,
eccentricity,
peculiarity,
abnormality,
Achilles heel,
chink in one's armour,
hang-up,
• the part of a sword blade from the middle to the point.
Origin:
late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘feeble’): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble (see feeble). Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feeble and all date from the 17th century.
