- frailty
n. human frailty
* * *['freɪltɪ]human frailty
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Frailty — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Frailty Título Escalofrío Ficha técnica Dirección Bill Paxton Producción David Blocker David Kirschner Corey Sienega Guión … Wikipedia Español
frailty — frail ty (fr[=a]l t[y^]), n.; pl. {frailties} (fr[=a]l t[i^]z). [OE. frelete, freilte, OF. frailet[ e], fr. L. fragilitas. See {Frail}, a., and cf. {Fragility}.] 1. The condition or quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Frailty — ist: der Originaltitel des US amerikanischen Thrillers Dämonisch aus dem Jahr 2001 die Kurzform des Frailty Syndroms, siehe Gebrechlichkeit Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselb … Deutsch Wikipedia
frailty — I noun blemish, breakability, brittleness, debility, defect, defectiveness, deficiency, delicacy, demerit, destructibility, enervation, failing, failure, failure of strength, fallibility, fault, feebleness, flaw, flimsiness, foible, fragilitas,… … Law dictionary
frailty — mid 14c., from O.Fr. fraileté frailty, weakness, from L. fragilitatem (nom. fragilitas), from fragilis fragile (see FRAGILITY (Cf. fragility)). Related: Frailties … Etymology dictionary
frailty — *fault, failing, foible, vice Analogous words: defect, flaw, *blemish: infirmity, fragility, feebleness, weakness (see corresponding adjectives at WEAK) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
frailty — [n] weakness, flaw Achilles heel*, blemish, daintiness, debility, decrepitude, defect, deficiency, delicacy, error, failing, fallibility, fault, feebleness, flimsiness, foible, foil, imperfection, infirmity, peccability, peccadillo, shortcoming,… … New thesaurus
frailty — ► NOUN (pl. frailties) 1) the condition of being frail. 2) weakness in character or morals … English terms dictionary
frailty — [frāl′tē] n. [ME frelete < OFr fraileté < L fragilitas, fragility] 1. the quality or condition of being frail; weakness; esp., moral weakness 2. pl. frailties any fault or failing arising from such weakness … English World dictionary
frailty — [[t]fre͟ɪlti[/t]] frailties 1) N VAR If you refer to the frailties or frailty of people, you are referring to their weaknesses. ...the frailties of human nature. ...a triumph of will over human frailty. 2) N UNCOUNT Frailty is the condition of… … English dictionary
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