FRAGILE, FRAGILITY
ADJECTIVES
1398 — LOW fragile, weak, lacking bodily strength or vigour
1468 — BRICKLE liable to break, easily broken; fragile, brittle → obs.
1610 — FRUSHY liable to break, brittle, fragile → obs.
1643 — PORCELAIN fragile, delicate, fine
1802 — FRUSH – liable to break, brittle, fragile → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1854 — NESHY fragile, tender
1887 — NESH fragile, delicate in health, sensitive
1905 — TINGLE flimsy, fragile (Bk.)
NOUNS
1390 — BUTTERFLY something likened to a butterfly, esp. in being flimsy, fragile, or ephemeral
1562 — EGG-SHELL used as a type of worthlessness or of fragility
1633 — LATH anything slender or fragile
NOUNS, PERSON
1600 — MOTH a person who is insignificant or fragile
1905 — WINTLING a young, fragile, undergrown child (Bk.)