- frailness
- frailness frail"ness, n. Frailty. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
frailness
Look at other dictionaries:
frailness — frail ► ADJECTIVE 1) weak and delicate. 2) easily damaged or broken. DERIVATIVES frailly adverb frailness noun. ORIGIN Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis fragile … English terms dictionary
frailness — noun see frail … New Collegiate Dictionary
frailness — See frailly. * * * … Universalium
frailness — noun The state of being frail; frailty; weakness … Wiktionary
frailness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being infirm or physically weak: debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness,… … English dictionary for students
frailness — n. delicateness, fragileness; flimsiness; weakness; weakness of character or constitution … English contemporary dictionary
frailness — frail·ness … English syllables
frailness — noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) • Syn: ↑infirmity, ↑frailty, ↑debility, ↑feebleness, ↑valetudinarianism • Derivationally related forms: ↑frail, ↑feeble ( … Useful english dictionary
frailties — frailty frail ty (fr[=a]l t[y^]), n.; pl. {frailties} (fr[=a]l t[i^]z). [OE. frelete, freilte, OF. frailet[ e], fr. L. fragilitas. See {Frail}, a., and cf. {Fragility}.] 1. The condition or quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
frailty — frail ty (fr[=a]l t[y^]), n.; pl. {frailties} (fr[=a]l t[i^]z). [OE. frelete, freilte, OF. frailet[ e], fr. L. fragilitas. See {Frail}, a., and cf. {Fragility}.] 1. The condition or quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
