fragile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite easily broken or damaged or destroyed
    delicate; frail.
    • a kite too delicate to fly safely
    • fragile porcelain plates
    • fragile old bones
    • a frail craft
  2. adjective satellite vulnerably delicate
    • she has the fragile beauty of youth
  3. adjective satellite lacking substance or significance; a fragile claim to fame"
    flimsy; thin; tenuous; slight.
    • slight evidence
    • a tenuous argument
    • a thin plot

WordNet

Frag"ile adjective
Etymology
L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf. F. fragile. See Break, v. t., and cf. Frail, a.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913