brittle (s)
brickle (s)
brickly (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def having little elasticity
def hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
examples brittle bones
glass is brittle
`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal
Outgoing links
Similar to breakable
Derivationally related form brittle → brittleness
Incoming links
Similar to breakable
Derivationally related form brittleness → brittle

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