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noun

Foible n.

A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty. " A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded and overshadowed by superficial foibles."

The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; opposed to forte. (Written also faible)

Synonyms: Fault; imperfection; failing; weakness; infirmity; frailty; defect. See Fault.

adjective

Foible adj. Weak; feeble. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Foible'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Foible" Quotes from Famous Books

... drapery to perfection; and her beautiful hair and faultless figure harmonized with flowing folds and soft laces which can do so much for outlines that are not soft. Eleanor was not without a consciousness of this; nevertheless, vanity was not her foible; and her state of mind was anything but enviable when she left the dressing-room for the gallery. But Mr. Carlisle was there, to meet her and her mood too; and Eleanor found herself taken in hand at once. He had a way of mixing affection with ...

— The Old Helmet, Volume I • Susan Warner

... at Leipzig, at Cassel, at Utrecht, at Leyden, at the Hague, at Rotterdam. I waxed old in misery and disgrace, having only one-half of my posteriors, and always remembering I was a Pope's daughter. A hundred times I was upon the point of killing myself; but still I loved life. This ridiculous foible is perhaps one of our most fatal characteristics; for is there anything more absurd than to wish to carry continually a burden which one can always throw down? to detest existence and yet to cling to one's existence? in brief, to caress the ...

— Candide • Voltaire

... mon sexe foible et sensible, Ils ne veulent que des vertus; Nous pouvons imiter Titus, Mais dans un sentier ...

— Madame Roland, Makers of History • John S. C. Abbott

... experience on his heart; and in the mirror of her conscience he might see the image of his very self, as dwarfed in actual appearance, or developed after the divine ideal. Her sincerity was terrible. In her frank exposure no foible was spared, though by her very reproof she roused dormant courage and self-confidence. And so unerring seemed her insight, that her companion felt as if standing bare before a disembodied spirit, and communicated without reserve thoughts and emotions, ...

— Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Vol. II • Margaret Fuller Ossoli

... Kogan-Bors-Wazalitz combine incurred your displeasure. I see you are also a man who does not forget easily. And that, too, I understand. It is a foible of my own, Out-Hunter. I neither forget nor forgive my enemies, though I may seem to do so and time separates them from their ...

— Star Hunter • Andre Alice Norton

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