fragility
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
- (countable, uncountable) Weakness; feebleness.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Liability to error and sin; frailty.
Synonyms
short life
short duration
brittlement
breakage susceptivility
Translations
fragilité
fragilità
Zerbrechlichkeit
fragilidad
fragilidade
broosheid
fragilitas
ευθραυστότητα
fragilitatFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitās. Doublet of frailty. Morphologically fragile + -ity.
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