foible

 
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɪb(ə)l/

noun

  • 1a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character: they have to tolerate each other’s little foibles
  • 2 Fencing the part of a sword blade from the middle to the point. Compare with forte1.

Origin:

late 16th century (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 century