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brick⋅le
[brik-uh
l] 
–adjective Midland and Southern U.S.
| easily broken; brittle. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; Brit. dial., Scots; late ME bryckell, OE -brycel tending to break, equiv. to bryc- (mutated ptp. s. of brecan to break ) + -el adj. suffix
bef. 1000; Brit. dial., Scots; late ME bryckell, OE -brycel tending to break, equiv. to bryc- (mutated ptp. s. of brecan to break ) + -el adj. suffix
Related forms:
brick⋅le⋅ness, noun
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Brickle
Bric"kle\, a. [OE. brekil, brokel, bruchel, fr. AS. brecan, E. break. Cf. Brittle.] Brittle; easily broken. [Obs. or Prov.] --Spenser. As stubborn steel excels the brickle glass. --Turbervile.
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