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What (who) is foible - definition
foible
WIKIMEDIA LIST ARTICLE
Riposte (fencing); Foible (fencing); Glossary of Fencing Terms; Glossary of fencing terms; Foible; Fencing terminology; Touché (fencing); Touche (fencing); Debole; Doublé; Fencing terms; Glossary on fencing; Reprise (fencing); Beat parry; Beat (fencing); Fencing maneuver; Fencing manoeuvre
n. a human foible
foible
WIKIMEDIA LIST ARTICLE
Riposte (fencing); Foible (fencing); Glossary of Fencing Terms; Glossary of fencing terms; Foible; Fencing terminology; Touché (fencing); Touche (fencing); Debole; Doublé; Fencing terms; Glossary on fencing; Reprise (fencing); Beat parry; Beat (fencing); Fencing maneuver; Fencing manoeuvre
n.
Frailty, weakness, failing, defect, infirmity, imperfection, fault, weak point, weak side, blind side.
Foible
WIKIMEDIA LIST ARTICLE
Riposte (fencing); Foible (fencing); Glossary of Fencing Terms; Glossary of fencing terms; Foible; Fencing terminology; Touché (fencing); Touche (fencing); Debole; Doublé; Fencing terms; Glossary on fencing; Reprise (fencing); Beat parry; Beat (fencing); Fencing maneuver; Fencing manoeuvre
·adj Weak; feeble.
II. Foible ·noun A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty.
III. Foible ·noun The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point;
- opposed to forte.
Examples of use of foible
1. Every foible, nipple and sweatpatch is exposed every week.
2. We cant defend, Ferguson commented recently, as if talking about an endearing foible rather than a fatal flaw.
3. Federer talks frequently of his self–doubts, yet at Wimbledon these are generally regarded as his foible.
4. Exploiting some foible in the character of its victim or probing duplicity, it strips the veneer of convention to lay bare a truth.
5. Even better, I was to do it in an environment where to indulge such a foible was not considered unusual or a sin but a virtue.