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The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
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frailness
Word definitions for frailness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) [syn: infirmity , frailty , debility , feebleness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
frailness \frail"ness\, n. Frailty.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being frail; frailty; weakness.
Usage examples of frailness.
The appearance of age lay not so much in her baby-smooth skin, a dead giveaway of the most expensive sort of geriatrics regeneration, or even her obvious and extreme frailness, as in her mannerisms and behavior.
It made the familiar privacy of a messdeck fade, brought home to him the frailness of their daily protection.