frailte, frealte, freeltee, frelete, frelte, freylte

[O. Fr. fraileté; Nor. Fr. frealté, from Lat. frag i litas fragility (q. v.).]. 1. The quality or state of being frail or fragile; fragility; brittlene ; liability to be easily broken or destroyed; delicacy; tenderne . 2. Weakne of mind; irresolution; liability to be easily deceived or led away; weakne in time of temptation. "Let me not think on't; -Frailty, thy name is woman." Shakesp.: Hamlet, i. 2. 3. A fault arising from weakne of mind; a failing; a sin of infirmity. "No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode." Gray: Elegy; The Epitaph. *fra in, *frane, *fraine, *frayn, v. t. [A. S. frignan, pa. t. frægn .] [FREIN.] To ask, to question. *fra in, *fraine, *frayne, *freyn, s. [Old Fr. frasne, fraisne, fresne; Fr. frêne , from Lat. fraxi nus ; Sp. fresno .] An ash-tree.