Scottish dialect word meaning feeble, weak, or sickly in appearance or condition.
From Middle English and Scottish origins, possibly related to 'dwail' or 'dwall,' meaning to dwindle or become weak. The term developed in Northern English and Scottish dialects to describe physical frailty.
Scottish dialects preserved tons of Old English words that disappeared elsewhere in Britain—'dwaible' is like a linguistic fossil showing us how people described weakness centuries ago!
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