Definitions for foible

foible foi·ble

Spelling: [foi-buh l]
IPA: /ˈfɔɪ bəl/

Foible is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in foible (befilo).

Definitions for foible

noun

  1. a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect:
  2. the weaker part of a sword blade, between the middle and the point (opposed to forte).

Origin of foible

1640-50; French, obsolete form of faible feeble

Examples for foible

Vanity had been the foible of her childish years; it was now the vice of her womanhood.

Mrs. Vint had pricked his conscience, but she had wounded his foible.

Omniscience may be a foible of men, but it is not so of books.

You know vanity is not my foible, therefore I need not fear your censure.

I have a foible for the English in spite of that vilain petit Boulby.

His foible is, a canine appetite for popularity and fame; but he will get above this.

Do you know that you have one little infinitesimal ewe-lamb of a foible?

I am afraid my mother is rather exacting; it is a Blake foible.'

But simplicity is not a foible of the religious mind of India.

“If I have a foible, it is under-statement,” returned Hadria, with a half-smile.

Word Value for foible
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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