frailty
noun/ˈfreɪlti/
/ˈfreɪlti/
(plural frailties)
- [uncountable] weakness and poor health
- Increasing frailty meant that she was more and more confined to bed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- increasing
- human
- physical
- …
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- [uncountable, countable] (formal) weakness in a person’s character or moral standards
- human frailty
- We are all subject to the frailties of human nature.
Extra Examples- a figure of authority, but one all too prone to human frailties
- The frailty of her nature meant that she was vulnerable to flattery.
- They exploited the frailties of their clients.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- increasing
- human
- physical
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘weakness in morals’): from Old French frailete, from Latin fragilitas, from fragilis, from frangere ‘to break’.
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