frailtyn.

Brit.

/ˈfreɪlti/, U.S.

/ˈfreɪ(ə)lti/

Etymology: < Old French fraileté < Latin fragilitāt-em , < fragilis fragile adj.

1. Liability to be crushed or to decay, either in a material or immaterial sense; perishableness, weakness; an instance of this; †also, a frail feature or spot, a flaw. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun]

frailtyc1384

doting1440

barrenness1552

dottry1576

dotishness1598

feeble-mindedness1619

unfurniture1640

ungiftedness1647

flaccidity1778

weak-mindedness1854

flabbiness1883

touchedness1883

dottiness1885

barminess1896

dodderingness1915

moronism1922

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

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decay or decaying > liability to

frailty1615

corruptibleness1620

corruptibilitya1680

perishableness1690

caducity1793

perishability1806

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] > instance of

frailty1665

doting1833

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. vii. 28 The lawe ordeynede men prestis hauynge sykenesse, or freelte.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) Prol. 5 Mynde of Man ne may not ben comprehended ne withe~holden, for the Freeltee of Mankynde.

1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 29 No frailtie hath thy fame, but the imputation of this Idiots friendship.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 216 Tyrus is now no other then an heape of ruines; yet..they..instruct the..beholder with their exemplary frailty.

1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes vi. 23 Behold the frailty of this slender snuffe.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia Pref. sig. A^v The like frailties are to be found in the Memory; we often let many things slip away from us.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 240 The works of man inherit..Their authors frailty and return to dust.

1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 247 A man may feel conscious of such weakness or frailty of mind.

1883 Manch. Examiner 26 Nov. 5/3 The frailty of the vessels which are employed in the lake traffic.

a. Moral weakness; instability of mind; liability to err or yield to temptation.

ΘΚΠ

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

frailnessa1300

frailtya1340

infirmityc1384

fragility1495

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

frailnessa1300

frailtya1340

infirmityc1384

fragility1495

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxi. 2 To shew þe frelte of mannys fleysse.

a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 105 Alle the synnes þat they han doon by freelte of wordli lifynge.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xi. 37 If we synne by..frailte..late vs with shrifte..do it away.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 13 They consydur not the fraylty of man, wych seyng the best folowyth the worst.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iv. iii. 98 Is't Frailty that thus erres?

1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 15 Sir, it may be you have spoken all this rather to try than to tempt my frailty.

1725 I. Watts Logick Introd. Something of this Frailty is owing to our very Constitution.

1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 78 All frailty is taken clean away.

b. A fault arising from infirmity; a ‘weakness’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > point where something is defective or unsound

frailtya1616

weak point1827

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

debilitya1533

frailtya1616

weakness1645

foible1673

feeble1678

foiblesse1685

weak point1827

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 119 I..do confesse I haue Bene laden with like frailties, which before Haue often sham'd our Sex.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. vi. 146 See not my frailties, Lord, but through my feare.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 19 May (1965) I. 412 My vanity (the darling frailty of Humankind) [is] not a little flatter'd.

1751 T. Gray Elegy 11 No farther seek..to..draw his Frailties from their dread Abode.

1877 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 3) vii. 159 There is some characteristic frailty at the bottom of every human heart.

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

单词	frailty
释义	frailtyn. Brit. /ˈfreɪlti/, U.S. /ˈfreɪ(ə)lti/ Etymology: < Old French fraileté < Latin fragilitāt-em , < fragilis fragile adj. 1. Liability to be crushed or to decay, either in a material or immaterial sense; perishableness, weakness; an instance of this; †also, a frail feature or spot, a flaw. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] frailtyc1384 doting1440 barrenness1552 dottry1576 dotishness1598 feeble-mindedness1619 unfurniture1640 ungiftedness1647 flaccidity1778 weak-mindedness1854 flabbiness1883 touchedness1883 dottiness1885 barminess1896 dodderingness1915 moronism1922 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 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decay or decaying > liability to frailty1615 corruptibleness1620 corruptibilitya1680 perishableness1690 caducity1793 perishability1806 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] > instance of frailty1665 doting1833 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. vii. 28 The lawe ordeynede men prestis hauynge sykenesse, or freelte. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) Prol. 5 Mynde of Man ne may not ben comprehended ne withe~holden, for the Freeltee of Mankynde. 1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 29 No frailtie hath thy fame, but the imputation of this Idiots friendship. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 216 Tyrus is now no other then an heape of ruines; yet..they..instruct the..beholder with their exemplary frailty. 1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes vi. 23 Behold the frailty of this slender snuffe. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia Pref. sig. A^v The like frailties are to be found in the Memory; we often let many things slip away from us. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 240 The works of man inherit..Their authors frailty and return to dust. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 247 A man may feel conscious of such weakness or frailty of mind. 1883 Manch. Examiner 26 Nov. 5/3 The frailty of the vessels which are employed in the lake traffic. 2. a. Moral weakness; instability of mind; liability to err or yield to temptation. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > moral weakness frailnessa1300 frailtya1340 infirmityc1384 fragility1495 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > errant conduct > [noun] > inclination to frailnessa1300 frailtya1340 infirmityc1384 fragility1495 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxi. 2 To shew þe frelte of mannys fleysse. a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 105 Alle the synnes þat they han doon by freelte of wordli lifynge. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xi. 37 If we synne by..frailte..late vs with shrifte..do it away. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 13 They consydur not the fraylty of man, wych seyng the best folowyth the worst. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iv. iii. 98 Is't Frailty that thus erres? 1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 15 Sir, it may be you have spoken all this rather to try than to tempt my frailty. 1725 I. Watts Logick Introd. Something of this Frailty is owing to our very Constitution. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 78 All frailty is taken clean away. b. A fault arising from infirmity; a ‘weakness’. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > point where something is defective or unsound frailtya1616 weak point1827 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > moral weakness > a moral weakness debilitya1533 frailtya1616 weakness1645 foible1673 feeble1678 foiblesse1685 weak point1827 a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 119 I..do confesse I haue Bene laden with like frailties, which before Haue often sham'd our Sex. View more context for this quotation 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. vi. 146 See not my frailties, Lord, but through my feare. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 19 May (1965) I. 412 My vanity (the darling frailty of Humankind) [is] not a little flatter'd. 1751 T. Gray Elegy 11 No farther seek..to..draw his Frailties from their dread Abode. 1877 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 3) vii. 159 There is some characteristic frailty at the bottom of every human heart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1340
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