fragility : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fragility	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fragility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fragility n quality of being easily damaged or destroyed [syn: fragility, breakability, frangibleness, frangibility] lack of physical strength Synonym(s): fragility, delicacy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fragility \Fragil"ity\, n. [L. fragilitas: cf. F. fragilit[82]. 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.