'Fragile' definitions:

Definition of 'fragile'

From: WordNet
adjective
Easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" [syn: delicate, fragile, frail]
adjective
Vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
adjective
Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" [syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin]

Definition of 'Fragile'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. --Bacon.
  • Syn: Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight. -- {Frag"ile*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

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