0 a strange habit or characteristic that is seen as not important and not harming anyone:
We all have our little foibles.
1 a small fault or foolish habit:
We all have our little foibles.
Aware that he possessed a temper and other foibles, he sought to correct his mistakes and bridle his anger.
Detachment is the ultimate sin and the foible of an earlier generation of researchers.
It's a community which, for all its foibles, is worthy of our respect.
But this non-bureaucratic style was itself more than just a personal foible or eccentricity.
Chopin wore his beard on the right side only-not a foible which anyone but a pianist could conceal.
The dullest developments, the most perplexed transactions, statistics of overpowering dreariness, were all reduced to a brisk narrative, enlivened by wit, paradox and a sharp eye for human foibles.
They also looked on with knowing smiles as if wryly aware of the both the foibles of the upper classes and the limitations of their own social striving.
The foibles and quirks of musicians also shine through the anecdotal snippets of stories, and these sit well alongside the solid professional advice which is on offer here.
