friable FRY-uh-buhl
adjective
1. Easily crumbled, broken, pulverized, into small fragments or reduced to powder.
2. (Used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; light sandy soil
Etymology: From the Latin friabilis, from friare, "to rub, break, or crumble into small pieces.
Sentence: The most delicious cookies made at Christmas in Spain are called, polvorones, or "dust balls," and are shortbread cookies made not with butter, but with lard, toasted flour and ground nutmeats; these tissue-wrapped, friable delights are amazing when paired with a fine amontillado or oloroso sherry from Jerez de la Frontera or El Puerto de Santa Maria.
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