Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fragility"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fragility \Fra*gil"i*ty\, n. [L. fragilitas: cf. F.
fragilit['e]. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fragility
n 1: quality of being easily damaged or destroyed [syn: {breakability}]
2: lack of physical strength [syn: {delicacy}]
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