frag·ile ( fr²j"…l, - ºl") adj. 1. Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed; frail. 2. Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate. 3. Lacking substance; tenuous or flimsy: a fragile claim to fame. [French from Old French from Latin fragilis from frangere frag-to break; See bhreg- in Indo-European Roots.] frag "ile·ly adv. fra·gil "i·ty ( fr…-j¹l"¹-t¶) or frag "ile·ness n.

Synonyms: fragile breakable frangible delicate brittle These adjectives mean easily broken or damaged. Fragile applies to objects whose lightness or delicacy of material requires that they be handled with great care: a collection of fragile porcelain plates. Breakable and frangible, which are identical in meaning, mean capable of being broken but do not necessarily imply inherent weakness: Even earthenware pottery is breakable. The museum stored all frangible articles in a locked showcase. Delicate refers to what is so soft, tender, or fine as to be susceptible to injury: The peach is a delicate fruit. Brittle refers to hardness and inelasticity of material that makes something especially likely to fracture or snap when it is subjected to pressure: brittle bones. weak

bhreg- . Important derivatives are: break breach fraction fracture fragile fragment frail 1 infringe suffrage To break. I. 1. a. BREAK , from Old English brecan , to break; b. BREACH , from Old English br ¶c, a breaking; c. ( BRASH 2 ), BRECCIA , from Italian breccia , breccia, rubble, breach in a wall, from Old High German *brehha , from brehhan , to break; d. BRAY 2 , from Old French breier , to break; e. BRIOCHE , from Old French brier , dialectal variant of broyer , to knead. a, b, c, d, and e all from Germanic *brekan . 2. BRACKEN , ( BRAKE 4 ), from Middle English brake(n) , bracken, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse *brakni , undergrowth; a. BRAKE 5 , from Middle Low German brake , thicket. Both a and b from Germanic *brak- , bushes ( < " that which impedes motion "). 3. BRAKE 2 , from Middle Low German brake , flax brake, from Germanic *br ³k-, crushing instruments. 4. Nasalized zero-grade form *bh —-n-g-. ( FRACTED ), FRACTION , ( FRACTIOUS ), FRACTURE , FRAGILE , FRAGMENT , FRAIL 1 , FRANGIBLE ; ANFRACTUOUS , CHAMFER , DEFRAY , DIFFRACTION , ( INFRACT ), INFRANGIBLE , INFRINGE , OSSIFRAGE , REFRACT , ( REFRAIN 2 ), ( REFRINGENT ), SAXIFRAGE , SEPTIFRAGAL , from Latin frangere , to break. 5. a. SUFFRAGAN , SUFFRAGE , from Latin suffr ³gium, the right to vote, from suffr ³g³rº, to vote for (? < " to use a broken piece of tile as a ballot "); b. IRREFRAGABLE , from Latin refr ³g³rº, to vote against. [ Pokorny 1. bhre Ë- 165. ]

an·ger ( ²ng"g…r) n. 1. A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility. v. an·gered an·ger·ing an·gers v. tr. 1. To make angry; enrage or provoke. v. intr. 1. To become angry: She angers too quickly. [Middle English from Old Norse angr sorrow; See angh- in Indo-European Roots.]

Synonyms: anger rage fury ire wrath resentment indignation These nouns denote varying degrees of marked displeasure. Anger, the most general, is strong displeasure: suppressed her anger; threw a book in a fit of anger. Rage and fury are closely related in the sense of intense, explosive, often destructive emotion: " Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned " (William Congreve). " Beware the fury of a patient man " (John Dryden). Ire is a term for anger that is frequently encountered in literature: " The best way to escape His ire/Is, not to seem too happy " (Robert Browning). Wrath applies especially to fervid anger that seeks vengeance or punishment, often on an epic scale: rebellious words sure to kindle a parent's wrath; the wrath of God. Resentment refers to ill will and smoldering anger generated by a sense of grievance: The strike can be traced to the personal resentment of the foreman against the factory owner. Indignation is righteous anger at something regarded as being wrongful, unjust, or evil: " public indignation about takeovers causing people to lose their jobs " (Allan Sloan).

angh- . Important derivatives are: anger anxious anguish angina Tight, painfully constricted, painful. I. 1. AGNAIL , ( HANGNAIL ), from Old English ang-nægl , " painful spike (in the flesh), " corn, excrescence ( nægl , spike; see nogh- ), from Germanic *ang- , compressed, hard, painful. 2. Suffixed form *angh-os- . ANGER , from Old Norse angr , sorrow, grief, from Germanic *angaz . 3. Suffixed form *angh-os-ti- . ANGST 1 , from Old High German angust , anxiety, from Germanic *angusti- . 4. ANXIOUS , from Latin angere , to strangle, torment. 5. Suffixed form *angh-os-to- . ANGUISH , from Latin angustus , narrow. 6. QUINSY , from Greek ankhein , to squeeze, embrace. 7. ANGINA , from Greek ankhon ¶, a strangling. [ Pokorny an ªh- 42. ]

an·ger·ly ( ²ng"g…r-l¶) adv. Archaic 1. Angrily: " Again thou blushest angerly " Tennyson

in·ner ( ¹n"…r) adj. 1. Located or occurring farther inside: an inner room; an inner layer of warm clothing. 2. Less apparent; deeper: the inner meaning of a poem. 3. Of or relating to the mind or spirit: " Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle " Leonard Bernstein 4. More exclusive, influential, or important: the inner circles of government. [Middle English from Old English innera; See en in Indo-European Roots.] in "ner n. in "ner·ly adv. adj. in "ner·ness n.