frailty

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈfreɪlti/ UK /ˈfreɪlti/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the condition of being weak or delicate; a moral weakness

Age had brought a frailty that made stairs difficult for him.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the condition of being weak... weakness fragility infirmity delicacy feebleness fallibility foible

Opposites

strengthrobustnessfortitude soundness

Word family

Related forms frail fragile fracture

Etymology

From Middle English frelete, from Old French frailete, from Latin fragilitas ('brittleness'), from fragilis ('easily broken'), from frangere ('to break').

fragilitÄs Latin frangere Latin

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# frailty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈfreɪlti
**IPA (UK):** ˈfreɪlti

## Meanings
1. the condition of being weak or delicate; a moral weakness

## Examples
- Age had brought a frailty that made stairs difficult for him.

## Synonyms
- weakness
- fragility
- infirmity
- delicacy
- feebleness
- fallibility
- foible

## Antonyms
- strength
- robustness
- fortitude
- soundness

## Related Forms
- frail
- fragile
- fracture

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fragilitÄs
- Root: frangere

## Etymology
From Middle English frelete, from Old French frailete, from Latin fragilitas ('brittleness'), from fragilis ('easily broken'), from frangere ('to break').

## AI Etymology
Frailty comes from Middle English frelete, from Old French frailete, from Latin fragilitas ('brittleness'), from fragilis ('easily broken'), from frangere ('to break'). The etymological trail includes Latin fragilitÄs and Latin frangere. As a noun, frailty names the condition of being weak or delicate; a moral weakness. The same family is visible in related forms such as frail, fragile, and fracture.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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