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frailsome

frailsome adjective: characterised or marked by frailness.

Adjective

frailsome (comparative more frailsome, superlative most frailsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by frailness
    • You may have also noticed the same small boat seeking shelter under the lee of its huge ally, when gusts of wind blew lustily, and angry waves came lashing on, as if to swallow up the frailsome bark.1999, George Francklin Atkinson, Curry & Rice on Forty Plates

Forms of frailsome

comparativemore frailsome
superlativemost frailsome

Origin of frailsome

From frail + -some.

Questions about frailsome

What does frailsome mean?
Frailsome means characterised or marked by frailness.
What part of speech is frailsome?
Frailsome is an adjective.

Words near frailsome in the dictionary

  1. frailly
  2. frailness
  3. frailnesses
  4. frailocracy
  5. frails
  6. frailsome
  7. frailties
  8. frailty
  9. fraim
  10. fraims
  11. frain

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