| britt | After being out in the wind and rain for years and years the walls of this (apartment) building are weather-beaten/weathered and brittle. |
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| Brittle | a. [ OE. britel, brutel, AS. bryttian to dispense, fr. breótan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw. bryta, Dan. bryde. Cf. Brickle. ] Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. [ 1913 Webster ] Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece
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| brittlebush | n. |
| Brittlely | adv. In a brittle manner. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Brittleness | n. Aptness to break; fragility. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Brittle star | (Zool.) Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| brittany spaniel | (n) tall active short-tailed French breed of bird dog having a usually smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat |
| britten | (n) major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976), Syn. Edward Benjamin Britten, Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh |
| brittle | (n) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets, Syn. toffee, toffy |
| brittle | (adj) having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped, Syn. brickly, brickle, Example: brittle bones; glass is brittle; `brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal |
| brittle | (adj) lacking warmth and generosity of spirit, Example: a brittle and calculating woman |
| brittle | (adj) (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured, Syn. unannealed |
| brittle bladder fern | (n) delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems, Syn. brittle fern, fragile fern, Cystopteris fragilis |
| brittlebush | (n) fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine, Syn. incienso, Encelia farinosa, brittle bush |
| brittle maidenhair | (n) tropical American fern with broad pinnae; widely cultivated, Syn. Adiantum tenerum, brittle maidenhair fern |
| brittleness | (n) firm but easily broken, Syn. crispness, crispiness |
