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frailer

frailer is the comparative form of frail.

Meaning of frail

Adjective

frail (comparative frailer, superlative frailest)

  1. Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
    • Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away,
      Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  2. Weak; infirm.
    • Frail smoke of morning in the air and a sort of muffled hum that is not sound but is not silence either.1993, John Banville, Ghosts
  3. In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
  4. Mentally fragile.
  5. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.

See all 12 meanings of frail

Noun

frailer (plural frailers)

  1. One who plays a musical instrument by frailing.

Forms of frailer

pluralfrailers

Questions about frailer

What does frailer mean?
Frailer means one who plays a musical instrument by frailing.
What is frailer the comparative form of?
Frailer is the comparative form of frail.
What part of speech is frailer?
Frailer is a noun.
What is the plural of frailer?
The plural of frailer is frailers.

Words near frailer in the dictionary

  1. fraile
  2. frailed
  3. frailejon
  4. frailejones
  5. frailejons
  6. frailer
  7. frailers
  8. frailest
  9. Frailey
  10. Fraileys
  11. frailing

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