Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FRI'A-BLE
FRI-A-BIL'I-TY, or FRI'A-BLE-NESSFRI'AR
FRI'A-BLE, a. [Fr. friable; L. friabilis, from frio, to break or crumble. Frio is probably a contracted word. Ch. פרן or Ch. Heb. פרק, to break.]
Easily crumbled or pulverized; easily reduced to powder. Pumice and calcined stones are very friable.
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