a. Obs. [a. OF. flebile, ad. L. flēbil-is that is to be wept for, also tearful, plaintive: see FEEBLE.] Of style: Doleful, mournful, plaintive. Also absol.
a. 1734. North, Exam., I. ii. § 37 (1740), 49. Alackaday! a flebile Style this upon a mournful Occasion. Ibid., II. v. § 94 (1740), 374. The more calm and moderate Style, not without a Tinct of the Flebile, as under some mortification, or rather utter despair.
