fragile : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fragile	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for fragile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fragile adj easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" Synonym(s): delicate, fragile, frail vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth" lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" Synonym(s): flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fragile \Frag"ile\, a. [L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf. F. fragile. See {Break}, v. t., and cf. {Frail}, a.] 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.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
fragile adj. Syn {brittle}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fragile {brittle}