Foible

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foible \Foi"ble\, a. [OF. foible. See {Feeble}.]
     Weak; feeble. [Obs.] --Lord Herbert.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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