debility
A state of physical or mental weakness.
Noun
- A state of physical or mental weakness.
- […] and is the onlie laſt remedie for all debilities which haue long vexed the body through a hote diſtemper of the Lever, ſuch as a hote Gutte; it allayeth all Inflamations inward & outward. - 1618, Patri[c]k Anderson,...
- As I was in a state of extreme debility, I resolved to sail directly towards the town, as a place where I could most easily procure nourishment. […] I was ready to sink from fatigue and hunger, but being surrounded by a...
- I was struck besides with the shocking expression of his face, with his remarkable combination of great muscular activity and great apparent debility of constitution - 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of...
Origin
From Middle English debylite, from Old French debilité (French débilité), from Latin dēbilitās (“weakness”), from dēbilis (“weak”), from dē- + habilis (“able”).