Meaning of feeblesome | Babel Free
Definitions
Characterised or marked by feebleness; weak or faint
Examples
“It ain't no cinch play⟳ that this female's deef, neither; which it's allers plain she hears the most feeblesome yelp of that infant, all the way from the dance-hall to the O. K. House, an' that means across the camp complete⟳.”
“Your work⟳ is off-color, your liver is wrong— You know⟳ it – yet when he butts in, With a little sly jolly, somehow you brace up And scare⟳ up a feeblesome grin.”
“And ef it hadn't 'a' been fur me and Doc Lew Lake and Jimmy Bagby and three-four others raisin' a feeblesome imitation of the Rebel Yell⟳ ez we went past, there'd 'a' been no tribute atall fur the man who marched away in '61 leadin' this town's fust company of volunteers, and come⟳ back in '65, a full brigadier bringin' whut wuz left [...]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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