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Definition of frugle

"frugle" is probably misspelled. Trying fragile instead Definition of fragile

1. fragile [ a ] easily broken or damaged or destroyed
Examples: "a kite too delicate to fly safely" "fragile porcelain plates" "fragile old bones" "a frail craft"

Used in print:

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Some liar 's logic , a wisp of optimism as fragile as the scent of tropical blossoms that came_through the window ( a euphoria perhaps engendered by the pill Fritzie had given her ) , consoled her for a moment .

(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)

Thornburg knew , better than any of them , that a public image was as fragile as Humpty_Dumpty .

Synonyms fragile delicate frail Related Terms breakable

2. fragile [ a ] vulnerably delicate
Examples: "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

Used in print:

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

He thought how this dainty , fragile older woman threading her way through the streets of Westminster on a day in June , enjoying the flowers in the shops , the greetings from old friends , but never really drawing a deep , passionate breath , was so like himself .

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

It was a face that had lost its childlike softness and was beginning to fold within its fragile features a harshness that belied the lyric lines of its contours .

Synonyms fragile Related Terms delicate

3. fragile [ a ] lacking solidity or strength
Examples: "a flimsy table" "flimsy construction" "a fragile link with the past"

Synonyms flimsy fragile Related Terms weak

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