foible: FOY-bell
noun
1. A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character
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. Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feeble and all date ( Read more... )