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Frailty
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- It's no secret that alcohol is often used as a balm for human frailty.
- Physical frailty is expected, and can be coped with.
- Streb, surely they must reside in this acknowledgment of frailty.
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Word Origin & History
frailty
mid-14c., from O.Fr. frailté, from L. fragilitatem, from fragilis (see fragility). Related: Frailties.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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