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Added 9 October 2026

frailty

/ˈfɹeɪlti/ noun

Latin root: fragilitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about frailty at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.

Origin

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

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