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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