| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·bil·i·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -bl -t |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. de·bil·i·ties
The state of being weak or feeble; infirmity. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English debilite, from Old French, from Latin dbilit s, from dbilis, weak. See bel- in Appendix I.
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