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brill

1

[ bril ]

noun

, plural brills, (especially collectively) brill.
  1. a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.


Brill

2

[ bril ]

noun

  1. A(braham) A(rden), 1874–1948, U.S. psychoanalyst and author, born in Austria.

brill

1

/ brɪl /

noun

  1. a European food fish, Scophthalmus rhombus , a flatfish similar to the turbot but lacking tubercles on the body: family Bothidae


brill

2

/ brɪl /

adjective

  1. slang.
    excellent or wonderful

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Word History and Origins

Origin of brill1

First recorded in 1475–85; of uncertain origin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of brill1

C15: probably from Cornish brӯthel mackerel, from Old Cornish brӯth speckled; related to Welsh brith spotted

Origin of brill2

C20 shortened form of brilliant

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Example Sentences

I wish I was a young Carole King, working in the Brill Building.

Brill went on to publish his piece in Time, where it won a National Magazine Award.

“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.

The typically somber atmosphere at the bi-annual church convocation was punctuated by hollers, applause and a shout of “brill!”

And Brill is a woman who was awarded the presidential National Medal of Technology and Innovation two years ago.

But she bought a small pulley as well as the ground connections which Mr. Brill had in stock.

There they remained until the gale abated, and then crossed the Channel to Brill on the 30th.

There they seized the city of Brill, and repulsed a Spanish force which strove to recapture it.

Me, in the same galley with Brill—who daren't go into his own clubs—and Ullivant, and a few more pretty nearly as bad!

Close to leeward was the Brill shoal, on which the van-ship of the French, now tacking, endeavoured to drive the Glatton.

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