Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fragile"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fragile
adj 1: easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate
to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile
old bones"; "a frail craft" [syn: {delicate}, {frail}]
2: vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
3: lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy
construction"; "a fragile link with the past" [syn: {flimsy}]
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