brittle, brickle, brickly
(adjective) having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; âbrittle bonesâ; âglass is brittleâ; ââbrickleâ and âbricklyâ are dialectalâ
brittle, unannealed
(adjective) (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
brittle
(adjective) lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; âa brittle and calculating womanâ
brittle, toffee, toffy
(noun) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
brittle (comparative brittler or more brittle, superlative brittlest or most brittle)
Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.
Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
(archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
(informal, proscribed) Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
brittle (usually uncountable, plural brittles)
A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
• brickle
• blitter, triblet
Source: Wiktionary
Brit"tle, a. Etym: [OE. britel, brutel, AS. bryttian to dispense, fr. breĂłtan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw. bryta, Dan. bryde. Cf. Brickle.]
Definition: Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton. Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
