debility

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English debylite, from Old French debilité (French débilité), from Latin dēbilitās (“weakness”), from dēbilis (“weak”), from dē- + habilis (“able”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈbɪlɪti/ Rhymes: -ɪlɪti === Noun === debility (countable and uncountable, plural debilities) A state of physical or mental weakness. ==== Related terms ==== debile debilitate debilitation ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “debility”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “debility”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.