Posted on 09/08/2017 6:16:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”.
foi·ble
noun: foible; plural noun: foibles
1. a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character. "they have to tolerate each other's little foibles"
synonyms: weakness, failing, shortcoming, flaw, imperfection, blemish, fault, defect, limitation; quirk, kink, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, peculiarity "we tolerate each other's foibles"
antonyms: strength
2.Fencing: the weaker part of a sword blade, from the middle to the point.
Origin Late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘feeble’): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble (see feeble). Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feeble and all date from the 17th century. =============================================================================
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day........
Like the Chiefs Rookie RB last night fumbled his FIRST NFL carry....................A+ for the pun!..................
Thank you! Are your relatives somewhere safe? My 1st hubby had a cousin in Jacksonville-we used to visit he and his wife about once a year-there were a lot of really interesting side trips nearby, but we only went to Miami twice-after he retired from the Navy, they moved back to El Paso and he went to work as a sheriff’s deputy.
They are all staying put, hunkering down and will ride it out...................
in limerick space!
Hill's many foibles,
put together, add up to
near insanity.
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