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Word of the Day – Frangible

By January 20, 2019Word of the Day

Frangible (adj)

fran-jib-l

Able to be broken into fragments; brittle or fragile.

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere ‘to break’.

Example sentences

“The frangible skull of a small child.”

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