frailnessn.

Brit.

/ˈfreɪlnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈfreɪ(ə)lnᵻs/

Etymology: < frail adj. + -ness suffix.

Now rare.

The quality of being frail; liability to be broken or destroyed, fragility; lack of permanence; weakness, physical or mental; moral weakness, inability to resist temptation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun]

wokenessc1000

unstrengthc1175

frailnessa1300

weaknessa1300

brotelhede1340

frailtyc1384

tendernessa1387

slackness1398

unmain?a1400

unmight?a1400

feebility1413

fragility1474

infirmity1590

strengthlessness1666

feebleness1684

akrasia1806

weediness1860

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility

frailnessa1300

bricklenessa1425

fragility1604

frailty1615

brittleness1669

frangibleness1676

frangibility1783

crackability1810

breakableness1856

brashness1863

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > moral weakness

frailnessa1300

frailtya1340

infirmityc1384

fragility1495

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience

frailnessa1300

timelinessa1500

transitoriness1550

fleeting1616

temporality1635

wanzingness1642

transiency1647

impermanency1648

undurableness1648

transientness1653

fugacity1656

evanidness1659

fugaciousness1664

timeishness1674

timesomeness1674

volatilenessa1676

fleetingness1709

deciduousness1727

fleetness1727

momentaneousness1727

preterience1730

transience1739

evanescence1751

unpermanency1751

transitiveness1775

caducity1793

impermanence1796

ephemerality1822

passingness1839

transitionalness1880

anitya1882

diariness1891

anicca1904

ephemeralness1911

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > errant conduct > [noun] > inclination to

frailnessa1300

frailtya1340

infirmityc1384

fragility1495

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will

unmighteOE

frailnessa1300

infirmityc1384

debility1474

brittleness1493

brucklenessc1500

weak side1668

weakness1748

washiness1763

feebleness1809–10

enervation1849

weak-mindedness1854

feet of clay1859

will-lessness1865

bonelessness1869

molluscousness1870

limpness1873

backbonelessness1882

invertebracy1882

weak-kneedness1882

invertebrateness1884

spinelessness1920

gutlessness1936

the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun]

unstablenessc1340

varyingc1380

uncertaintyc1384

brotelnessc1386

were1390

instabilityc1422

bricklenessa1425

changeability?a1425

changeableness1447

vertibility1447

mutability?a1475

variableness?a1475

inconstance1509

mutationa1542

fickleness1548

variety1548

unconstancy1563

mobility1567

unstability1572

vicissitude1576

variousness1607

inconstancy1613

slipperinessa1618

alterableness1633

versatilousness1640

bottomlessness1642

lability1651

brittlety1652

versatileness1654

fluctuancy1659

fugitivenessa1661

alterability1661

permutability1662

unfixedness1668

mutablenessa1677

flittingnessa1680

frailness1687

flittiness1692

versability1721

plasticity1727

variability1771

unestablishment1776

fluctuabilitya1786

changefulness1791

unsettledness1799

versatility1802

harlequinism1808

fluidity1824

fitfulness1825

sensitiveness1825

insubstantiality1848

contingency1858

rootlessness1859

shiftingness1866

ficklety1888

variancy1888

impredicability1906

proteanism1909

a1300 Cursor Mundi 25337 Thurgh frelnes of oure fless.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iv. pr. ii. 87 Yif thou knowe clerly the frelenesse of yuel, the stidefastnesse of good is knowen.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 405 Freelnesse and towghnesse [of bread].

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 195 In a uergyn pure The freelnesse took of oure nature.

c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 108 Ȝe must consyder the frelnes of mankende.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxlix Let hir [fortune] passe: and hir fraylenes defye.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rom. xv. 1 We that are stronge ought to beare y^e fraylenesse of them which are weake.

1545 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 55 After mannes fraylnes of condycons deyth to every creatour is certan.

1687 J. Norris Of Courage in Coll. Misc. 166 There is nothing among all the frailnesses and uncertaintys of this sublunary world so tottering and unstable as the virtue of a Coward.

1871 R. Browning Balaustion 160 Pity for the frailness found in flesh.

1882 C. A. Davis in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VI. Ps. cxix. 81–8 The depression arising from mortal frailness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	frailness
释义	frailnessn. Brit. /ˈfreɪlnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfreɪ(ə)lnᵻs/ Etymology: < frail adj. + -ness suffix. Now rare. The quality of being frail; liability to be broken or destroyed, fragility; lack of permanence; weakness, physical or mental; moral weakness, inability to resist temptation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun] wokenessc1000 unstrengthc1175 frailnessa1300 weaknessa1300 brotelhede1340 frailtyc1384 tendernessa1387 slackness1398 unmain?a1400 unmight?a1400 feebility1413 fragility1474 infirmity1590 strengthlessness1666 feebleness1684 akrasia1806 weediness1860 the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility frailnessa1300 bricklenessa1425 fragility1604 frailty1615 brittleness1669 frangibleness1676 frangibility1783 crackability1810 breakableness1856 brashness1863 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > moral weakness frailnessa1300 frailtya1340 infirmityc1384 fragility1495 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience frailnessa1300 timelinessa1500 transitoriness1550 fleeting1616 temporality1635 wanzingness1642 transiency1647 impermanency1648 undurableness1648 transientness1653 fugacity1656 evanidness1659 fugaciousness1664 timeishness1674 timesomeness1674 volatilenessa1676 fleetingness1709 deciduousness1727 fleetness1727 momentaneousness1727 preterience1730 transience1739 evanescence1751 unpermanency1751 transitiveness1775 caducity1793 impermanence1796 ephemerality1822 passingness1839 transitionalness1880 anitya1882 diariness1891 anicca1904 ephemeralness1911 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > errant conduct > [noun] > inclination to frailnessa1300 frailtya1340 infirmityc1384 fragility1495 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will unmighteOE frailnessa1300 infirmityc1384 debility1474 brittleness1493 brucklenessc1500 weak side1668 weakness1748 washiness1763 feebleness1809–10 enervation1849 weak-mindedness1854 feet of clay1859 will-lessness1865 bonelessness1869 molluscousness1870 limpness1873 backbonelessness1882 invertebracy1882 weak-kneedness1882 invertebrateness1884 spinelessness1920 gutlessness1936 the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun] unstablenessc1340 varyingc1380 uncertaintyc1384 brotelnessc1386 were1390 instabilityc1422 bricklenessa1425 changeability?a1425 changeableness1447 vertibility1447 mutability?a1475 variableness?a1475 inconstance1509 mutationa1542 fickleness1548 variety1548 unconstancy1563 mobility1567 unstability1572 vicissitude1576 variousness1607 inconstancy1613 slipperinessa1618 alterableness1633 versatilousness1640 bottomlessness1642 lability1651 brittlety1652 versatileness1654 fluctuancy1659 fugitivenessa1661 alterability1661 permutability1662 unfixedness1668 mutablenessa1677 flittingnessa1680 frailness1687 flittiness1692 versability1721 plasticity1727 variability1771 unestablishment1776 fluctuabilitya1786 changefulness1791 unsettledness1799 versatility1802 harlequinism1808 fluidity1824 fitfulness1825 sensitiveness1825 insubstantiality1848 contingency1858 rootlessness1859 shiftingness1866 ficklety1888 variancy1888 impredicability1906 proteanism1909 a1300 Cursor Mundi 25337 Thurgh frelnes of oure fless. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iv. pr. ii. 87 Yif thou knowe clerly the frelenesse of yuel, the stidefastnesse of good is knowen. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 405 Freelnesse and towghnesse [of bread]. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 195 In a uergyn pure The freelnesse took of oure nature. c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 108 Ȝe must consyder the frelnes of mankende. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxlix Let hir [fortune] passe: and hir fraylenes defye. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rom. xv. 1 We that are stronge ought to beare y^e fraylenesse of them which are weake. 1545 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 55 After mannes fraylnes of condycons deyth to every creatour is certan. 1687 J. Norris Of Courage in Coll. Misc. 166 There is nothing among all the frailnesses and uncertaintys of this sublunary world so tottering and unstable as the virtue of a Coward. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 160 Pity for the frailness found in flesh. 1882 C. A. Davis in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VI. Ps. cxix. 81–8 The depression arising from mortal frailness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1300
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