Defn: Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.
The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. Bacon.
Syn.
— Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight.
— Frag"ile*ly, adv.
FRAGILITY
Fra*gil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. fragilitas: cf. F. fragilité. Cf.
Frailty.]
1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. Bacon.
2. Weakness; feebleness. An appearance of delicacy, and even of fragility, is almost essential to it [beauty]. Burke.
3. Liability to error and sin; frailty. [Obs.] The fragility and youthful folly of Qu. Fabius. Holland.
FRAGMENT Frag"ment, n. Etym: [L. fragmentum, fr. frangere to break: cf. F. fragment. See Break, v. t.]
Defn: A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing. Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12.
FRAGMENTAL
Frag*men"tal, a.
1. Fragmentary.