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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fragile \Frag"ile\, a. [L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf
F. fragile. See {Break}, v. t., and cf {Frail}, a.]
Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.
The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. --Bacon.
Syn: Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight. --
{Frag"ile*ly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fragile
adj 1: easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate
to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile
old bones"; "a frail craft" [syn: {delicate}, {frail}]
2: vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
3: lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy
construction"; "a fragile link with the past" [syn: {flimsy}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
fragile adj Syn {brittle}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
fragile
{brittle}
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