the quality of being easily broken or damaged.
The fragility of the thin glass made everyone nervous when moving it.
Due to the fragility of bird eggs, the mother bird guards the nest fiercely.
✦ From Middle English fragilite, borrowed from Old French fragilité, from Latin fragilitās (“brittleness, fragility”), from fragilis (“fragile, brittle”), from frangō (“I break”).
the quality of being delicate or vulnerable, especially in an emotional or psychological sense.
The therapist was aware of the patient's emotional fragility after the trauma.
Relationships can show their fragility during times of stress.
