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Meaning
Adj
●
Easily
broken
physically
; not
firm
or
durable
;
liable
to
fail
and perish.
●
Weak; infirm.
●
In Medicine:
In an
infirm
state
leading
one to be
easily
subject
to
disease
or other health problems, especially
regarding
the elderly.
●
Mentally fragile.
●
Liable to
fall
from
virtue
or be
led
into
sin
; not strong against
temptation
;
weak
in
resolution
; unchaste.
Noun
●
In Female:
A girl.
●
A
basket
made of
rushes
, used
chiefly
to
hold
figs
and raisins.
●
The
quantity
of
fruit
or other
items
contained
in a frail.
●
A
rush
for
weaving
baskets.
●
Synonym of
farasola
(“old
unit
of weight”)
●
Synonym of flail.
Verb
●
In Containers:
To
play
a
stringed instrument
, usually a
banjo
, by
picking
with the back of a fingernail.
Sourced from
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Origin
frail
English
fraile
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
fragilis
Latin
-ilis
Latin
frango
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Farasola
Flail
Weak
Girl
Feeble
Related
Scrawny
Gaunt
Sickly
Helpless
Unwell
Infirm
Emaciated
Haggard
Malnourished
Delicate
Vulnerable
Meek
Decrepit
Timid
Elderly
Ill
Flabby
Sick
Young
Poor
Powerless
Debilitated
Needy
Skinny
Pudgy
Slender
Destitute
Lethargic
Brittle
Bedridden
Lonely
Defenseless
Youthful
Tired
Shaky
Strong
Clumsy
Weakened
Thin
Immature
Obese
Weaker
Anxious
Insecure
Sprightly
Muscular
Gullible
Pale
Man
Flimsy
Unstable
Ailing
Incapacitated
Precarious
Emotional
Disabled
Immobile
Impotent
Woman
Handicapped
More
Rhymes
Ale
Ail
Hale
Veil
Pail
Fail
Gale
Sale
Wail
Yale
Rail
Pale
Tail
Vale
Gail
Sail
Wale
Dale
Vail
Tale
Gaol
Bale
Bail
Dale
Male
Nail
Tael
Mail
Baal
Hale
Jail
Hail
Brail
Gayle
Quail
Scale
Swale
Spale
Drail
Whale
Stale
Frail
Skail
Shale
Dwale
Trail
Flail
Avail
Email
Asail
Grail
Snail
Aumail
Engaol
Impale
Rerail
Unveil
Derail
Squail
Regale
Faille
Empale
Inhale
Exhale
Retail
Bewail
Assail
Detail
Entail
Percale
Surveil
Travail
They'Ll
Braille
Curtail
Prevail
Orseille
Oversail
Paravail
Overveil
Resurveil
Grisaille
Thumbnail
Nonpareil
Pale Ale
Ginger Ale
Gunter'S Scale
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