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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
frangible
 
SYLLABICATION:fran·gi·ble
PRONUNCIATION:  frnj-bl
ADJECTIVE: Capable of being broken; breakable. See synonyms at fragile.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere, to break. See bhreg- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:frangi·bili·ty, frangi·ble·ness —NOUN
 
 
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