Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
circa 1660, John Evelyn (author), William Bray (editor), The Diary of John Evelyn, volume I of II (1901), entry for the 19th of August in 1641, page 29
Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
Intended for use with fragile items.
Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.
A moth, Mythimna vitellina
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
Mentally fragile.
Weak; infirm.
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
A rush for weaving baskets.
The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.