English
Etymology
Latin friabilis|fri�bilis, from friare|fri�re, "to crumble".
Pronunciation
IPA|fɹaɪ�bl̩
/frī'�-b�l/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ�b�l|-aɪ�b�l
Adjective
friable
- Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
#*1977: Spiders had woven their vague trapezes between the friable heads of dead peonies in enormous glass jars streaked with tide marks where the water had evaporated long ago. � Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
- context|of soil loose|Loose and large-grained in consistency.
Derived terms
friableness
friably
friability
Related terms
brittle
References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913
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