foible

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foible englannista suomeksi

1. heikko kohta

2. heikko puoli

0. Substantiivi

1. heikkous, heikko kohta">heikko kohta

foible englanniksi

1. A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.

(ux)

2. (RQ:Eliot Middlemarch)

3. (RQ:Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel)

4. (RQ:Maugham Of Human Bondage)

5. (quote-journal)

6. A weakness or failing of character.

(syn)

7. (quote-book)

8. Part of a sword between the middle and the point, weaker than the forte.

9. Weak; feeble.

10. (ante), (w), ''The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury'', page 46:

The good Fencing-maſters, in France eſpecially, when they preſent a Foyle or Fleuret to their Scholars, tell him it hath two Parts, one of which he calleth the Fort or ſtrong, and the other the Foyble or weak (..)

11. feeble; weak

12. (alternative form of)