Adjacent Words

Frangible definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRAN'GIBLE, a. [from L. frango, to break.] That may be broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: capable of being broken; "the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere to break — more at break Date: 15th century readily or easily broken Synonyms: see fragile • frangibility noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. breakable, fragile. Etymology: OF frangible or med.L frangibilis f. L frangere to break

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Frangible Fran"gi*ble, a. [Cf. F. frangible.] Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Brittle, fragile, easily broken.

Moby Thesaurus

breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, cheap-jack, cobwebby, crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, dainty, delicate, delicately weak, effeminate, fissile, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, friable, gimcrack, gimcracky, gossamery, jerry, jerry-built, lacerable, light, lightweight, namby-pamby, papery, pasteboardy, puny, scissile, shatterable, shattery, shivery, sissified, sleazy, slight, splintery, tacky, unsubstantial, vulnerable, wispy, womanish