foible
/ˈfɔɪbl/noun
1
- a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character性格上的小缺点; 怪癖：
they have to tolerate each other's little foibles.
他们必须容忍各自性格上的小缺点。
2
- Fencing the part of a sword blade from the middle to the point【剑】剑身（中间到尖端）的易卷曲部分。比较FORTE1.
词源
late 16th cent. （as an adjective in the sense 'feeble'）： from obsolete French, in Old French fieble （see FEEBLE）. Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feeble and all date from the 17th cent.