feeblish

Updated: May 21, 2025

But down below he is not so good by any means no spring from the loins, and feeblish, not to say shipwrecky, about the knees. Tom, on the contrary, though not half so strong in the arms, is good all over, straight, hard, and springy, from neck to ankle, better perhaps in his legs than anywhere.

Thomas Hughes - Tom Brown's School Days