Definitions for debility

debility de·bil·i·ty

Spelling: [dih-bil-i-tee]
IPA: /dɪˈbɪl ɪ ti/

Debility is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 160 anagrams from letters in debility (bdeiilty).

Definitions for debility

noun

  1. a weakened or enfeebled state; weakness:
  2. a particular mental or physical handicap; disability.

Origin of debility

1425-75; late Middle English debylite Middle French debilite Latin dēbilitās, equivalent to dēbil(is) weak + -itās -ity

Examples for debility

Either a cathartic or an emetic will leave the system under some debility.

It is wrong that the Unknown should profit by man's debility and ignorance.

Such is the power of oratory, and such the debility of the human understanding!

The debility of age and dropsical legs had long oppressed him.

One is not accountable for words uttered in moments of debility and hunger.

It affects the nerves, causing irritability and debility in them.

This is, generally, the result of debility, or severe labor.

A valuable tonic in all conditions of debility and want of appetite.

Twenty lines a week for six months: what a "cure" for debility!

They lead to excitement and debility, sometimes to danger and disease.

Word Value for debility
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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