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branny en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɹæni/

Etymology

From bran + -y.

Meanings

  1. Full of or resembling bran.
    • Miller, miller, jolly and gay, / Grind me some of your best to-day; / Wholemeal flour branny and bold / Fill me as much as my bin will hold. 1929, Robert Thurston Hopkins, “A Ballade of Excellent Bread”, in Kipling's Sussex Revisited:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
branniest Degree=Sup lexicographic
brannier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

branny desquamation

Synonyms

furfuraceous