1. frail5. fract ious, quality of
2. frail ty, quality6. frag ile, capable of
3. fract ure, that which7. frag ment, that which
4. fract ion, that which8. in fringe, in

1. A thing is frail when it is easily broken.

2. Frailty is a quality of things easily broken.

3. A fracture is a break; as of a bone.

4. A fraction is a part, as if broken off.

5. A fractious person is one apt to break out into a passion.

6. “The stalk of ivy is tough and not fragile” (capable of being broken).—Bacon.

7. A fragment is that which is broken off.

8. To infringe is to break in upon; to trespass on another's rights.

frater, fratr = brother.