More fragile, delicate, or physically weak than something else; in worse physical condition.
Comparative form of 'frail', from Middle English 'frail' via Old French 'fraile', from Latin 'fragilis' (breakable). The '-er' suffix creates the comparative degree of the adjective.
The root 'fragilis' gave us both 'frail' and 'fragile'—it's the same Latin word that shows how a person in weak health and a fragile object are linguistically cousins, both easily broken!
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