Usually means: Lacking physical strength or health.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word infirm:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. infirm, the infirm: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. infirm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. infirm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. infirm: Collins English Dictionary
  5. infirm: Vocabulary.com
  6. infirm: Wordnik
  7. infirm, the infirm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. infirm: Wiktionary
  9. infirm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. infirm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. infirm: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. infirm: Dictionary.com
  13. infirm: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. infirm: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Infirm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. infirm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. infirm: Rhymezone
  18. Infirm: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. infirm: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. infirm: Free Dictionary
  21. infirm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. infirm: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. Infirm: Wordnik

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. infirm: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. infirm: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. infirm: Medical dictionary

(Note: See infirmly as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Weak or ill, not in good health.
adjective:  Irresolute; weak of mind or will.
adjective:  Frail; unstable; insecure.
verb:  To contradict, to provide proof that something is not.

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