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Webster 1913 Edition

Infirm

In-firm′

(ĭn-fẽrm′)
,
Adj.
[L.
infirmus
: cf. F.
infirme
. See
In-
not, and
Firm
,
Adj.
]
1.
Not firm or sound; weak; feeble;
as, an
infirm
body; an
infirm
constitution.
A poor,
infirm
, weak, and despised old man.
Shakespeare
2.
Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating.
“An infirm judgment.”
Burke.
Infirm
of purpose!
Shakespeare
3.
Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious.
Syn. – Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.

In-firm′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
infirmare
: cf. F.
infirmer
.]
To weaken; to enfeeble.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.

Webster 1828 Edition

Infirm

INFIRM

,
Adj.
inferm'. [L. infirmus; in and firmus.]
1.
Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as an infirm body; an infirm constitution.
2.
Weak of mind; irresolute; as infirm of purpose.
3.
Not solid or stable.
He who fixes on false principles, treads on infirm ground.

INFIRM

,
Verb.
T.
inferm'. To weaken. [Not used.]

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