Plural form of frailty; multiple instances of physical weakness, moral weakness, or human imperfection.
English plural of 'frailty', from Old French 'fraileté', from Latin 'fragilitas' (brittleness). The '-ties' ending is the standard plural for '-ty' nouns.
Shakespeare loved using 'frailties' to describe human weaknesses—it's a poetic word that acknowledges we're all fragile in body and spirit, which is why it appears in literature about the human condition!
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