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| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | feble, from Latin flebilis 'causing tears, weak' |
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fee‧ble
1 extremely weak : 
His voice sounded feeble and far away.She was too feeble to leave her room.
His voice sounded feeble and far away.She was too feeble to leave her room.2 not very good or effective : a feeble excuse a rather feeble committee
a feeble excusea rather feeble committeeWORD FOCUS: weak WORD FOCUS: weak
person: puny, feeble, weedy British English, frail, fragile, powerless, vulnerable
thing: fragile, delicate, flimsy, rickety, badly made, jerry-built
➔ See also weak
WORD FOCUS: weak person: puny, feeble, weedy British English, frail, fragile, powerless, vulnerable
thing: fragile, delicate, flimsy, rickety, badly made, jerry-built
➔ See also weak
