[-NESS.] Weakly quality.
1826. Galt, Last of Lairds, iii. 28. Does na everybody ken I’m a seven-months bairn, the which is the cause of my weakliness.
1865. Kingsley, Herew., Prel. 1. The weakliest and the silliest … transmit to their offspring their own weakliness or silliness.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., IV. 258. This has been attributed to the weakliness of hospital infants.
