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foible

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foi⋅ble

  [foi-buhl]
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–noun
1. a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect: an all-too-human foible.
2. the weaker part of a sword blade, between the middle and the point (opposed to forte ).
Origin:
1640–50; < F, obs. form of faible feeble

Synonyms:
1. frailty, quirk, crotchet, eccentricity, peculiarity. See fault.

Antonyms:
1. strength.
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foi·ble   (foi'bəl)   
n.  

  1. A minor weakness or failing of character.

  2. The weaker section of a sword blade, from the middle to the tip.


[Obsolete French foible, weak point of a sword, weak, from Old French feble, weak; see feeble.]
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Word Origin & History

foible 
1648, "weak point of a sword blade" (contrasted to forte), from Fr. foible (adj.) "weak," from O.Fr. foible "feeble," dissimilated from L. flebilis (see feeble). Extended sense of "weak point of character" is first recorded 1673.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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