fragility
pronunciation
How to pronounce fragility in British English:
UK [frə'dʒɪlətɪ]
How to pronounce fragility in American English:
US [frə'dʒɪlətɪ]
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- Noun:
- quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
- lack of physical strength
Word Origin
- fragility (n.)
- late 14c., "moral weakness," from Old French fragilité "debility, frailty" (12c.), from Latin fragilitatem (nominative fragilitas) "brittleness, weakness," from fragilis "brittle, easily broken," from root of frangere "to break" (see fraction). Meaning "quality of being easily broken" is from late 15c.
Example
- 1. Yet the fragility of the eurozone is far greater .
- 2. This fragility disguises an underlying stiffness .
- 3. Their fragility brings them closer to us .
- 4. But with rapid growth has come fragility .
- 5. And we pay for their fragility .