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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·firm·i·ty n.; pl. Infirmities
 1. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind.
    'T is the infirmity of his age.   --Shak.
 2. A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.
    Will you be cured of your infirmity ?   --Shak.
    A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.   --Shak.
    The house has also its infirmities.   --Evelyn.
 Syn: -- Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness; failing; foible; defect; disease; malady. See Debility.