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frail

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
frail/freɪl/

▶adjective

1 weak and delicate.

2 easily damaged or broken.

▶noun US informal, dated a woman.

– derivatives
frailly adverb,
frailness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. fraile, from L. fragilis (see fragile).

'frail' also found in these Oxford entries:

frailty - rest home

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