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FRAGILE
fragile
(adjective) vulnerably delicate; “she has the fragile beauty of youth”
delicate, fragile, frail
(adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed; “a kite too delicate to fly safely”; “fragile porcelain plates”; “fragile old bones”; “a frail craft”
flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
(adjective) lacking substance or significance; “slight evidence”; “a tenuous argument”; “a thin plot”; “a fragile claim to fame”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fragile (comparative fragiler or more fragile, superlative most fragile)
Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.
(UK) Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.
Synonyms
• friable
• breakly
• breakable
• destroyable
• destructible
• See also fragile
Antonyms
• durable
• unbreakable
• undestroyable
• indestructible
Source: Wiktionary
Frag"ile, a. Etym: [L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf. F. fragile. See Break, v. t., and cf. Frail, a.]
Definition: Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed. The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. Bacon.
Syn.
– Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight.
– Frag"ile*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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