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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search
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frail
noun
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
The quantity of raisins contained in a frail.
A rush for weaving baskets.
verb
To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
adjective
Easily break, broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
Translations:
Spanish: frí¡gil
(es)
Etymology:
From Old French
frele
, from Latin
fragilis
.
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