CRUMBLY

crumbly, friable

(adjective) easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; “friable sandstone”; “friable carcinomatous tissue”; “friable curds formed in the stomach”; “crumbly cookies”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

crumbly (comparative crumblier or more crumbly, superlative crumbliest or most crumbly)

Easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable.

Noun

crumbly (plural crumblies)

(slang, pejorative) A decrepit old person.

Source: Wiktionary


Crum"bly (-bl), a.

Definition: EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle. "The crumbly soil." Hawthorne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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