Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Foible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foible \Foi"ble\, a. [OF. foible. See {Feeble}.]
Weak; feeble. [Obs.] --Lord Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foible \Foi"ble\, n.
1. A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.
A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded
and overshadowed by superficial foibles. --De
Quincey.
2. The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point;
-- opposed to forte. [Written also {faible}.]
Syn: Fault; imperfection; failing; weakness; infirmity;
frailty; defect. See {Fault}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foible
n 1: an behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to
an individual [syn: {idiosyncrasy}, {mannerism}]
2: the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
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