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The definition of fragile is someone or something delicate, flimsy or easily broken.
(adjective)- An example of fragile is thin porcelain china.
- An example of fragile is someone with brittle bone disease.
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See fragile in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- easily broken, damaged, or destroyed
- physically weak; frail; delicate
- tenuous; flimsy: a fragile hope
Origin: < OFr < L fragilis < frangere, break
Related Forms:
- fragility noun
See fragile in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed; frail.
- Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate.
- Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy: a fragile claim to fame.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin fragilis
Origin: , from frangere, frag-, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- fragˈile·ly adverb
- fra·gilˈi·ty (frə-jĭlˈĭ-tē), fragˈile·ness noun
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