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foible
1640s, "weak point of a sword blade" (contrasted to
forte
), from Fr.
foible
(adj.) "weak," from O.Fr.
foible
"feeble," dissimilated from L.
flebilis
(see
feeble
). Extended sense of "weak point of character" is first recorded 1670s. Related:
Foibles
.
