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   infirm

   /ɪnˈfəːm/

   adjective

   • 1. not physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness: "those who were old or infirm"
   • ▪ (of a person or their judgement) weak; irresolute: "he was infirm of purpose"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the general sense ‘weak, frail’): from Latin infirmus, from in- ‘not’ + firmus ‘firm’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. infirmly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

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