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Word entry · 5 letters

frail

Best crossword clue

"Physically weak"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /fɹeɪl/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted afilrStarts with FEnds with L3 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. easily broken or damaged or destroyed

Word origin

From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to fraction, fracture, and doublet of fragile.

Used in a sentence

  • Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away, Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.
  • Its nest is composed of the frailest materials, and is light and small in proportion to the size of the bird
  • Frail smoke of morning in the air and a sort of muffled hum that is not sound but is not silence either.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Physically weak5 letters
02Weak and delicate5 letters
03Delicate and weak5 letters

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