frail
A girlA girl.
» Tom is old and frail.
Meaning
6 senses(dated, slang)A girl.
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
A rush for weaving baskets.
Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).
(England, dialectal, obsolete)Synonym of flail.
Examples
20 sentencesTom is old and frail.
Tom was old and frail.
Yanni was a tiny frail guy.
He's become frail in his old age.
ruОн стал хилым в старости. — Ivanovb
The elderly woman was frail but feisty.
ruПожилая женщина была хрупкой, но энергичной. — odexed
Origin
From Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate toFrom Middle English frele, fraill, from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis. Cognate to fraction, fracture, and doublet of fragile.
From Middle English frayel, from Old French frael, fraiel, of unknown origin; possibly a dissimilatory variant of flael, flaiel (“flail”).
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