a. | 1. | Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; |
2. | Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. | |
3. | Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious. | |
v. t. | 1. | To weaken; to enfeeble. |
Adj. | 1. | infirm - confined to bed (by illness) |
2. | infirm - lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" | |
3. | infirm - lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare | |
4. | infirm - weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today" |
INFIRM. Weak, feeble.
2. When a witness is infirm to an extent likely to destroy his life, or
to prevent his attendance at the trial, his testimony de bene esge may be
taken at any age. 1 P. Will. 117; see Aged witness.; Going witness.