frailty

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈfɹeɪ(ə)lti/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English frelete, frailte, from Old French fraileté, from Latin fragilitās. By surface analysis, frail + -ty. Doublet of fragility.

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