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Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
James M. Barrie

Meaning of "infirmity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INFIRMITY

infirmity  [ɪnˈfɜːmɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFIRMITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Infirmity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INFIRMITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Disease

A disease is a particular abnormal, pathological condition that affects part or all of an organism. It is often construed as a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by factors originally from an external source, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases. In humans, "disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories. Diseases usually affect people not only physically, but also emotionally, as contracting and living with many diseases can alter one's perspective on life, and one's personality. Death due to disease is called death by natural causes.

Definition of infirmity in the English dictionary

The first definition of infirmity in the dictionary is the state or quality of being infirm. Other definition of infirmity is physical weakness or debility; frailty. Infirmity is also a moral flaw or failing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFIRMITY


abnormity
æbˈnɔːmɪtɪ
amity
ˈæmɪtɪ
anonymity
ˌænɒˈnɪmɪtɪ
calamity
kəˈlæmɪtɪ
committee
kəˈmɪtɪ
conformity
kənˈfɔːmɪtɪ
deformity
dɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ
difformity
dɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ
disconformity
ˌdɪskənˈfɔːmɪtɪ
enormity
ɪˈnɔːmɪtɪ
furmity
ˈfɜːmɪtɪ
inconformity
ˌɪnkənˈfɔːmɪtɪ
multiformity
ˌmʌltɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ
nonconformity
ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːmɪtɪ
nonuniformity
ˌnɒnˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ
omniformity
ˌɒmnɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ
proximity
prɒkˈsɪmɪtɪ
subcommittee
ˈsʌbkəˌmɪtɪ
unconformity
ˌʌnkənˈfɔːmɪtɪ
uniformity
ˌjuːnɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFIRMITY

infinities
infinitival
infinitivally
infinitive
infinitive marker
infinitively
infinitude
infinitum
infinity
infirm
infirmarer
infirmarian
infirmaries
infirmary
infirmities
infirmly
infirmness
infix
infixation
infixion

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFIRMITY

comity
dimity
enmity
equanimity
fogramity
homonymity
intimity
longanimity
magnanimity
mity
parvanimity
pseudonymity
pusillanimity
sublimity
supremity
synonymity
unanimity

Synonyms and antonyms of infirmity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INFIRMITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «infirmity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of infirmity

Translation of «infirmity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFIRMITY

Find out the translation of infirmity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of infirmity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «infirmity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfermedad
570 millions of speakers

English

infirmity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुर्बलता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العجز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

немощь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enfermidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

infirmité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelemahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gebrechlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

虚弱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

허약
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kelemahane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cắm vào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலவீனத்தைத்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्बलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kararsızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infermità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niemoc
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неміч
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

infirmitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναπηρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swakheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svaghet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrøpelighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of infirmity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFIRMITY»

The term «infirmity» is regularly used and occupies the 92.870 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFIRMITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «infirmity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «infirmity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about infirmity

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4 QUOTES WITH «INFIRMITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word infirmity.
1
James M. Barrie
Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
2
Geoffrey Fisher
Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book.
3
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.
4
Dale Turner
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFIRMITY»

Discover the use of infirmity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to infirmity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Finding the Heart of Jesus in Sickness and Infirmity
In the pages of this book, those who are suffering will find stories that provide solace, healing, and peace. Father Leinen closes each story with a powerful prayer that will touch the heart of those who suffer.
Ronald Leinen, 2002
2
Organized Labor in Postcommunist States: From Solidarity to ...
Paul Kubicek offers a comparative study of organized labor's fate in four postcommunist countries, and examines the political and economic consequences of labor's weakness.
Paul Kubicek
3
The whole works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: with a life ...
sin is a sin of infirmity, unless we hate it, and strive against it. He that hath gotten some strength, may pretend some infirmity : but he that hath none, is dead. 78. XIII. Let no man think, that the proper evil of his age or state, or of his nation, is, ...
Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor, 1828
4
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Ill health - - ditto - Deafness - 111 health - - ditto - - ditto Infirmity - Injuries - -Ill health and infirmity. 20 14 10 111 health - 100 - - (Special.) 15 - - 21 18 45 82 4 - 2 6 - - 111 health and injuries. Ill health - Injuries 111 health - Age and illness - - - III ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1866
5
Healing for Damaged Emotions Workbook
In the Old Testament, the word infirmity is connected with the sacrifices offered by the priests. An infirmity was primarily a physical spot, a blemish. It was a defect or a deformity either in a man or in an animal. If a man had an infirmity, even ...
David A. Seamands, Beth Funk, 1992
6
The Whole Works...
If a wicked man sins, it is never by a pitiable or pardonable infirmity, but from a state of death that it proceeds, or will be so imputed, and it is all one as if it did. But if a good man sins, he hath the least reason to pretend infirmity for his excuse , ...
Jeremy Taylor, 1865
7
East India Company's Pensions, Lists of all pensions granted ...
Infirmity. Distress. Mental infirmity. Infirmity. Fractured leg. Infirmity. Distress, and first Husband's services. Insanity. Distress. Infirmity. Hurt. Infirmity. Hurt. Infirmity. Hurt. Infirmity. Hurt. Impaired intellect. Infirmity. Hurt. Ruptured. Distress. Infirmity.
‎1833
8
The whole works of ... Jeremy Taylor, with a life of the ...
wisely and reasonably prevailed yesterday, can prevail to-day, unless thou thyself beest foolish and unreasonable. 77. m- If a wicked man sins, it is never by a pitiable or pardonable infirmity, but from a state of death that it proceeds, or will be ...
Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.), Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.), 1861
9
ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS, SEVENTEEN VOLUMES
s. d. April - 3 Tames Nelson - G. H. Furlong - Ship's Steward - Chief Mate 8 - - 60 - - ' one year - -") durS Court's pleasure j Infirmity. (extra Ship.) Jane Grubb James Wapshott Elizabeth Gallerney Gunner's Widow Seaman - Quartermaster - 10 ...
‎1833
10
A Treatise Concerning Policy and Religion Wherein the ...
This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher.
Thomas Fitzherbert, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFIRMITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term infirmity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Samsung Heir Apparent Has No Time for Victory Lap - WSJ
Mr. Lee, whose father's infirmity has thrust him forward, also will have to protect his family's empire from further attacks by Elliott as well as other ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
The wisdom of suffering | South China Morning Post
Infirmity alone makes us take notice and learn, and enables us to analyse processes which we would otherwise know nothing about...”. «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
3
Summit's goal: Improve health, quality of life | HeraldNet.com - Local …
... official definition: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” ... «HeraldNet, Jul 15»
4
Mitie Group PLC - Mideast Time
Its healthcare segment provides a range of services to people who require help and support due to illness, disability or infirmity. Its energy ... «Mideast Time, Jul 15»
5
Do people become more prejudiced as they grow older? - BBC News
Is mental infirmity an inevitable consequence of getting old? Peter Bowes investigates whether brain training can help someone's mind stay ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
6
Deepak Chopra says 'radical wellbeing' is the future of health
... WHO [the World Health Organisation] came out with their statement that health is not the absence of disease or infirmity but a state of physical ... «The Press, Jul 15»
7
Terminally ill pensioner downed a half pint and four whiskies before …
“Because of his infirmity he is entitled to mobility allowance – he is provided with a driver and a car at the taxpayers expense. “Essentially he ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
8
Sam Venable: My brain and I are feuding
The kind people at the liquor store — as they have done since my recent infirmity — loaded it into the truck for me. Drove home just fine. «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
9
91-year-old confesses to 70 year old murder | The Sun |News
... has plunged authorities into a dilemma over whether it is morally justifiable to charge and try the 91-year-old because of his age and physical infirmity. «The Sun, Jul 15»
10
Adolf Hitler's henchmen at WWII death camps who will never be …
Old age, infirmity, dementia, a lack of willingness among local prosecutors and general apathy means that all will die in their beds. To be sure ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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