FRAGILITY


Meaning of FRAGILITY in English

frəˈjiləd.ē, -ətē, -i noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English fragilite, from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitat-, fragilitas, from fragilis + -itat-, -itas -ity

1. : the quality or state of being fragile

the extreme fragility of public order — G.W.Johnson

most men's touching illusion as to the frailness of women and their spiritual fragility — Joseph Conrad

worried because of the fragility of the vase

2. : something fragile

rooms … heavy with fragilities — Natacha Stewart

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.