Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brittle"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Brittle \Brit"tle\, a. [OE. britel, brutel, AS. bryttian to
dispense, fr. bre['o]tan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw.
bryta, Dan. bryde. Cf. {Brickle}.]
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

brittle
adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured
or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle";
"`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: {brickle},
{brickly}]
2: lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and
calculating woman"
3: (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily
cracked or fractured [syn: {unannealed}]
n : caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets [syn: {toffee}, {toffy}]


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