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4 definitions found 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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