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FRAGILITY
fragility, delicacy
(noun) lack of physical strength
fragility, breakability, frangibleness, frangibility
(noun) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fragility (countable and uncountable, plural fragilities)
The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
Weakness; feebleness.
(obsolete) Liability to error and sin; frailty.
Source: Wiktionary
Fra*gil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. fragilitas: cf. F. fragilité. Cf. Frailty.]
1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. Bacon.
2. Weakness; feebleness. An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is almost essential to it [beauty]. Burke.
3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. [Obs.] The fragility and youthful folly of Qu. Fabius. Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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