frailty en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈfɹeɪlti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfɹeɪ(ə)lti/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English frelete, frailte, from Old French fraileté, from Latin fragilitās. By surface analysis, frail + -ty. Doublet of fragility.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
For all their frailty at the back, Arsenal possessed genuine menace in attack and they carved through Chelsea with ease to restore parity nine minutes before half-time. Aaron Ramsey's pass was perfection and Gervinho took the unselfish option to set up Van Persie for a tap-in.
2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:the limitations and restraints of civil government, and a legal constitution, may be defended, either from reason, which reflecting on the great frailty and corruption of human nature, teaches, that no man can safely be trusted with unlimited authority ;
1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 36, n. 1:
- (countable, uncountable) A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| frailties | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
foible · infirmity · frailness
Translations (31)
cs slabost (condition of being frail) · cs křehkost (condition of being frail) · nl zwakte (condition of being frail) · ga leochaileacht (condition of being frail) · sh slabost (condition of being frail) · ga anbhainne (condition of being frail) · enm feblenesse (condition of being frail) · hi निर्बलता (condition of being frail) · ga laige (condition of being frail) · enm febilte (condition of being frail) · fr fragilité (condition of being frail) · it fragilità (condition of being frail) · nl zwakheid (condition of being frail) · ja もろさ (condition of being frail) · oc fragilitat (condition of being frail) · de Schwäche (condition of being frail) · enm feblesse (condition of being frail) · sh oronulost (condition of being frail) · eo fragileco (condition of being frail) · ca fragilitat (condition of being frail) · fi hauraus (condition of being frail) · ga aibrisce (condition of being frail) · es fragilidad (condition of being frail) · tr düşkünlük (condition of being frail) · ga neamhsheasmhacht (condition of being frail) · mi kopītanga (condition of being frail) · de Zerbrechlichkeit (condition of being frail) · fi heiveröisyys (condition of being frail) · tr zaaf (condition of being frail) · pt fragilidade (condition of being frail) · ota درمانسزلق (condition of being frail)