Fragileness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being fragile. uncountable

    "The slender sculpture's beauty was enhanced by its apparent fragileness."

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"The slender sculpture's beauty was enhanced by its apparent fragileness."

Etymology

From fragile + -ness. Piecewise doublet of frailness.

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