Found 4 hits - Term: foible, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
foible \foi"ble\, a. of. foible. see feeble.
weak; feeble. obs. --lord herbert.
1913 webster
see also:
feeble
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
foible \foi"ble\, n.
1. a moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.
1913 webster
a disposition radically noble and generous, clouded
and overshadowed by superficial foibles. --de
quincey.
1913 webster
2. the half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point;
-- opposed to forte. written also faible.
syn: fault; imperfection; failing; weakness; infirmity;
frailty; defect. see fault.
1913 webster
see also:
forte faible fault
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
foible
n 1: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to
an individual syn: idiosyncrasy, mannerism
2: the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
see also:
idiosyncrasy mannerism
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
42 moby thesaurus words for "foible":
bad habit, besetting sin, blemish, bug, catch, crack, crotchet,
defect, defection, deficiency, drawback, eccentricity, failing,
failure, fault, faute, flaw, frailty, hang-up, hole, idiosyncrasy,
imperfection, inadequacy, infirmity, kink, little problem,
moral flaw, peculiarity, preoccupation, problem, quirk, rift,
shortcoming, snag, something missing, taint, vice,
vulnerable place, weak link, weak point, weak side, weakness
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