frailness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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From frail + -ness. Piecewise doublet of fragileness.

Her frailness touched him; he was angry at Eddie Swanson for the incessant family bickering. — Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis
This gives one a realizing sense of the frailness of a Mississippi boat and the briefness of its life. — Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain
But just the thin empty frailness of her, her gaiety in the face of perfectly inevitable destruction, appealed to Rose. — The Real Adventure, Henry Kitchell Webster

infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, valetudinarianism

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