BRICKLE

brittle, brickle, brickly

(adjective) having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; ā€œbrittle bonesā€; ā€œglass is brittleā€; ā€œā€˜brickleā€™ and ā€˜bricklyā€™ are dialectalā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

brickle

(Appalachian or archaic or dialect) Alternative form of breakle

Etymology 2

From the Bricklin, a failed automobile.

Verb

brickle (third-person singular simple present brickles, present participle brickling, simple past and past participle brickled)

(Canadian English, dialect) To fail spectacularly.

Source: Wiktionary


Bric"kle, a. Etym: [OE. brekil, brokel, bruchel, fr. AS. brecan, E. break. Cf. Brittle.]

Definition: Brittle; easily broken. [Obs. or Prov.] Spenser. As stubborn steel excels the brickle glass. Turbervile.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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