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brickle en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɪkəl/

Etymology

From Middle English brikel, brekil, brukel (“easily broken or shattered”), from Old English *bryċel, *brucol (as in hūsbryċel (“burglarious”, literally “house-breaking”), scipbrucol (“destructive to shipping, causing shipwreck”, literally “ship-breaking”), equivalent to break + -le. See also breakle.

Meanings

1. (Appalachia, alt-of, alternative, archaic, dialectal) Alternative form of breakle.
   alt of breakle
   • brickle clay 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Ruines of Time”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

Deriveds

brickleness

brickle en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɪkəl/

Etymology

From the Bricklin, a failed automobile.

Meanings

1. (Canada, dialectal) To fail spectacularly.
   • How to Brickle: The New Brunswick Funny Book (1977, →ISBN)

Forms

Relateds

butter brickle · brickly