frailty

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English frelete, frailte, from Old French fraileté, from Latin fragilitās. By surface analysis, frail +‎ -ty. Doublet of fragility. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹeɪlti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɹeɪ(ə)lti/ === Noun === frailty (countable and uncountable, plural frailties) (uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived. Synonyms: frailness, infirmity, foible A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== frail ==== Translations ==== === References === “frailty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.