[syn: fragility, delicacy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fragility \Fra*gil"i*ty\, n. [L. fragilitas: cf. F.
fragilit['e]. Cf. Frailty.]
1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness;
frangibility. --Bacon.
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2. Weakness; feebleness.
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An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is
almost essential to it [beauty]. --Burke.
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3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. [Obs.]
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The fragility and youthful folly of Qu. Fabius.
--Holland.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fragility
n 1: quality of being easily damaged or destroyed [syn:
fragility, breakability, frangibleness,
frangibility]
2: lack of physical strength [syn: fragility, delicacy]