frailty

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  2. noun moral weakness

Etymology

From Middle English frelete, frailte, from Old French fraileté, from Latin fragilitās. By surface analysis, frail + -ty. Doublet of fragility.

In classic literature

Synonyms

infirmity, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism

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