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frangible

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɹæn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abefgilnrStarts with FEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. capable of being broken

Word origin

From Late Middle English frangible, frangibil, from Middle French frangible, or from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere (from frangō (“to break, shatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”)) + -ibilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).

Used in a sentence

  • A certain learned and curious Author gives us the following Characters or Properties of Glaſs, whereby it is diſtinguiſh'd from all other Bodies, viz. […] That it is frangible when thin, without annealing.
  • Another object still [of roasting iron ore], is to make the ore more frangible, that it may be easily broken into fragments of a suitable size for smelting.

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