fragile
adj.
1510s, "liable to sin, morally weak;" c.1600, "liable to break;" a back-formation from fragility, or else from Middle French fragile (Old French fragele, 14c.), from Latin fragilis "easily broken," from root of frangere "to break" (see fraction). Transferred sense of "of frail constitution" (of persons) is from 1858.
〔李〕a. 易碎的 [frag =to break] ←-ile [L] 表示“可⋯的;易⋯的”
〔蒋〕[frag破,碎,-ile形容词后缀,易…的] 易破的,易碎的
〔李〕[frag=to break破;-ile a.=easy to be易被……的→“easy to be broken易打破的”→] a. easily broken or damaged, or breakable易破的;易碎的