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Feeblest

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. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

    Carried all the feeble of them upon asses.
    --2 Chron. xxviii. 15.

  2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. ``A lady's feeble voice.''
    --Shak.

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feeblest

a. (en-superlative of: feeble)

Usage examples of "feeblest".

By secretly tainting some of the sacred articles in this very shrine, she ensured that her twin's public rituals would fail to produce even the feeblest sign that the Spider Queen found her worship acceptable.

By secretly tainting some of the sacred articles in this very shrine, she ensured that her twin's public rit­uals would fail to produce even the feeblest sign that the Spider Queen found her worship acceptable.