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Definition of Enfeeblement
1. Noun. Serious weakening and loss of energy.
Generic synonyms: Weakening
Derivative terms: Debilitate, Enervate, Enfeeble
Definition of Enfeeblement
1. n. The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.
Definition of Enfeeblement
1. Noun. The act of enfeebling; debilitation, enervation or devitalization ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enfeeblement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfeeblement
Literary usage of Enfeeblement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical lectures on mental diseases by Sir Thomas Smith Clouston, Charles Follen Folsom (1884)
"There are two great physiological periods of mental enfeeblement, viz., in
childhood and old ago. Consider the condition of a child of two as to reasoning ..."
2. A text-book of mental diseases: with special reference to the pathological by William Bevan Lewis (1899)
"Amongst states of mental enfeeblement are comprised numerous widely ... The term
mental " enfeeblement" is perhaps the least objectionable which we may ..."
3. A Text-book of mental diseases: With Special Reference to the Pathological by William Bevan Lewis (1890)
"STATES OF MENTAL enfeeblement. Contents.—Mental Deprivation in Contradistinction
to Developmental Arrest— 1'ersistent enfeeblement—Chronic Residue of Asylum ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1905)
"... It possesses direct nutrient properties for nerve tissue and checks the
persistent enfeeblement of neural energy in neurasthenic and ..."
5. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1914)
"mental enfeeblement may be present in hémiplégie cases, but usually it is much
less marked than in the bilateral form and may be practically Fig. 9-.'. ..."
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