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adjective
easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly: friable rock.
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Friable
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
friable
1560s, from L. friabilis "easily crumbled or broken," from friare "rub away, crumble into small pieces," related to fricare "to rub."
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friable fri·a·ble (frī'ə-bəl)
adj.
Readily crumbled; brittle.
Relating to a dry, brittle growth of bacteria.
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