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Definition of Frailness
1. Noun. The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age).
Generic synonyms: Softness, Unfitness
Specialized synonyms: Asthenia, Astheny, Cachexia, Cachexy, Wasting
Derivative terms: Debile, Debilitate, Feeble, Feeble, Frail, Infirm
Definition of Frailness
1. n. Frailty.
Definition of Frailness
1. Noun. The state of being frail; frailty; weakness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frailness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frailness
Literary usage of Frailness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by American Genetic Association (1907)
"The cure of this alleged deterioration, is then in the direction of preventing
the frailness. The physicians would not have so much to . do in saving frail ..."
2. Cottage Residences: Or, A Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage by Andrew Jackson Downing (1856)
"Its want of durability, the expense of painting it and keeping it in repair, and
ita frailness and liability to decay by the action of the weather, ..."
3. Cottage Residences: Or, A Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage by Andrew Jackson Downing (1856)
"Its want of durability, the expense of painting it and keeping it in repair, and
its frailness and liability to decay by the action of the weather, ..."
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