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foible
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[ˈfɔɪbl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character
(e.g: they have to tolerate each other's little foibles)
- the part of a sword blade from the middle to the point
Phrases:
Origin
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late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘feeble’): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble (see feeble). Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feeble and all date from the 17th century
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