OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 18069

weakling

/ˈwiːkˈlɪŋɡ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
enclenque • fuñingue • pusilánime
weak, either physically, morally or mentally
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📚 noun • entry_id 18068

weakling

/ˈwiːkˈlɪŋɡ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
enclenque
A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution.
“Mon Dieu!” he soliloquized, “but they are all alike. Cheating, murdering, lying, fighting, and all for things that the beasts of the jungle would not deign to possess—money to pur…
pusilánime
A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.
Donald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-prof…
c.1551, Hugh Latimer, a sermon in Lincolnshire We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy.
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