feeblest — fee·ble || fɪËbl adj. weak, frail; intellectually weak, morally weak; faint, lacking intensity … English contemporary dictionary
Feeble — Fee ble (f[=e] b l), a. [Compar. {Feebler} ( bl[ e]r); superl. {Feeblest} ( bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. {Foible}.] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Feebler — Feeble Fee ble (f[=e] b l), a. [Compar. {Feebler} ( bl[ e]r); superl. {Feeblest} ( bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. {Foible}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thermopile — Ther mo*pile, n. [Thermo + pile a heap.] (Physics) An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
feeble — adjective (feebler; feeblest) Etymology: Middle English feble, from Anglo French, from Latin flebilis lamentable, wretched, from flēre to weep more at bleat Date: 12th century 1. a. markedly lacking in strength b. indicating weakness 2. a.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Nero Wolfe — This article is about Rex Stout s fictional detective. For other uses, see Nero Wolfe (disambiguation). Bitter End Carl Mueller illustrated Rex Stout s first Nero Wolfe novella for The American Magazine (November 1940) Nero Wolfe is a fictional… … Wikipedia
François-Joseph Fétis — (March 25, 1784 mdash; March 26, 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, composer, critic and teacher. He was one of the most influential music critics of the 19th century, and his enormous compilation of biographical data in the Biographie universelle … Wikipedia
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Ebenezer Elliott — (17 March 1781 – 1 December 1849) was an English poet, known as the Corn Law rhymer. Contents 1 Early life … Wikipedia
