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zombola
12-23-2015, 12:49 PM
foible


\ FOI-buhl \ , noun;
1.
A minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect: an all-too-human foible.

2.
The weaker part of a sword blade, between the middle and the point (opposed to forte).



Quotes:
Irascibility was his sole foible ; for in fact the obstinacy of which men accused him was anything but his foible , since he justly considered it his forte.
-- Edgar Allan Poe, "X-ing a Paragrab", Poetry and Tales

I fear, on the contrary, if they came under your examination, there is not one in whom you would not discern some foible !
-- Fanny Burney, Camilla



Origin:
Related to the word feeble , foible is derived from the Latin word flēbilis which meant "lamentable."