Definition of frailer Frailer

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What does frailer mean?

Part of speech

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  • frailer, adjective, comparative of frail.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: frails

frail - a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
frail - the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds

Adjective

frail, frailer, frailest

frail - physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"
  robust rough and crude; "a robust tale"
  delicate exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
  weak deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"
  debile, weakly, decrepit, infirm, sapless, rickety, feeble, weak lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
frail - easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
  delicate, fragile
  breakable capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"
frail - wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"
  fallible, imperfect, weak
  human having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • frail (Noun)
    A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
  • frail (Noun)
    The quantity of raisins contained in a frail.
  • frail (Noun)
    A rush for weaving baskets.
  • frail (Noun)
    A girl.
  • frail (Verb)
    To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
  • frail (Adjective)
    Easily broken; mentally or physically fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
  • frail (Adjective)
    Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • frail (n.)
    A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
  • frail (n.)
    The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
  • frail (n.)
    A rush for weaving baskets.
  • frail (superl)
    Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
  • frail (superl)
    Tender.
  • frail (superl)
    Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • frail
    Having delicate health.
  • frail
    Easily broken or destroyed.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • frail
    frāl, adj. wanting in strength or firmness: weak: unchaste.—adj. Frail′ish, somewhat frail.—adv. Frail′ly.—ns. Frail′ness, Frail′ty, weakness: infirmity. [O. Fr. fraile—L. fragilis, fragile.]
  • frail
    frāl, n. a rush: a basket made of rushes. [O. Fr. frayel; of dubious origin.]

Part of speech

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  • frail, noun, singular of frails.
  • frail, adjective.

Pronunciation

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