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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foible \Foi"ble\, adjective [OF. foible. See {Feeble}.] Weak; feeble. [Obs.] --Lord Herbert.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foible \Foi"ble\, noun
1. A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.
A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded and overshadowed by superficial foibles. --De Quincey.
2. The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to {forte}. [Written also {faible}.]
Syn: Fault; imperfection; failing; weakness; infirmity; frailty; defect. See {Fault}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
foible
noun
1: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual [syn: {idiosyncrasy}, {mannerism}]
2: the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "foible": bad habit, besetting sin, blemish, bug, catch, crack, crotchet, defect, defection, deficiency, drawback, eccentricity, failing, failure, fault, faute, flaw, frailty, hang-up, hole, idiosyncrasy, imperfection, inadequacy, infirmity, kink, little problem, moral flaw, peculiarity, preoccupation, problem, quirk, rift, shortcoming, snag, something missing, taint, vice, vulnerable place, weak link, weak point, weak side, weakness
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