fragility

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitās. Doublet of frailty. Morphologically fragile +‎ -ity. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/ Rhymes: -ɪlɪti === Noun === fragility (countable and uncountable, plural fragilities) The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. Synonym: fragileness Weakness; feebleness. (obsolete) Liability to error and sin; frailty. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “fragility”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.