debole

From Italian debole, meaning "weak", equivalent to the French 'foible.

debole (plural deboles)

1. In light swords, such as rapiers and modern weapons in the sport of fencing: that flexible part of the blade nearer the tip, as opposed to the more rigid part nearer the hilt.
   • 2021 Guy Windsor: The Complete Rapier

     There are two parts to the sword: the forte and the debole. The forte begins from the hilt, extending as far as the middle of the blade; and the remainder is called the debole. The forte is for parrying, and the debole for striking. This is really important because: if you always keep your forte in the way of the opponent's debole, you will never be hit.

From Latin debilis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.bo.le/
• Rhymes: -ebole
• Hyphenation: dé‧bo‧le

debole (plural deboli, superlative debolissimo)

1. weak, dim, faint

   Synonym: (obsolete) debile

   Antonym: forte

• debilità
• debilitare

debole m or f by sense (plural deboli)

1. weakling

debole m (plural deboli)

1. weakness
2. soft spot, weakness (for something)

• debole in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• debole in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• debole in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• debole in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• debole in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• debole in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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