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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fragile /ˈfradʒʌɪl/
▶adjective
  • 1 easily broken or damaged.
  • 2 not strong or sturdy.
– derivatives
fragilely adverb,
fragility noun.
– origin C15 (in the sense ‘morally weak’): from L. fragilis, from frangere ‘to break’.



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