Foible \Foi"ble\, a. [OF. foible. See Feeble.]
Weak; feeble. [Obs.] --Lord Herbert.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Foible \Foi"ble\, n.
1. A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.
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A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded
and overshadowed by superficial foibles. --De
Quincey.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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