frail.
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
Meaning & usage
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
Weak; infirm.
In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
Mentally fragile.
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to fraction, fracture, and doublet of fragile.
A girl.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to fraction, fracture, and doublet of fragile.
To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to fraction, fracture, and doublet of fragile.
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
A rush for weaving baskets.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English frayel, from Old French frael, fraiel, of unknown origin; possibly a dissimilatory variant of flael, flaiel (“flail”).
Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).
Synonym of flail.
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