OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 13228

frail

/fɹeɪl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
delicado • débil • frágil
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
Its nest is composed of the frailest materials, and is light and small in proportion to the size of the bird
delicado • débil • frágil
Weak; infirm.
Frail smoke of morning in the air and a sort of muffled hum that is not sound but is not silence either.
O as the soft and frail lights break upon your eyelids
delicado • débil • frágil
Mentally fragile.
frágil
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
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