Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - brittle
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Brittle
brittle
1. An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken. Pine is brittle and breaks. ...the dry, brittle ends of the hair. ADJ 2. If you describe a situation, relationship, or someone’s mood as brittle, you mean that it is unstable, and may easily change. These incidents suggest the peace in Northern Ireland is still brittle... = fragile ADJ
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I. adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: Middle English britil; akin to Old English breotan to break, Old Norse brjota Date: 14th century 1. a. easily broken, cracked, or snapped ~ clay ~ glass b. easily disrupted, overthrown, or damaged ; frail a ~ friendship 2. a. perishable, mortal b. transitory, evanescent 3. easily hurt or offended ; sensitive a ~ personality 4. sharp the ~ staccato of snare drums 5. lacking warmth, depth, or generosity of spirit ; cold a ~ selfish person 6. affected with or being a form of type 1 diabetes characterized by large and unpredictable fluctuations in blood glucose level Synonyms: see fragile • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1913 a candy made with caramelized sugar and nuts spread in thin sheets peanut ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. hard and fragile; apt to break. --n. a brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar. Phrases and idioms brittle-bone disease = OSTEOPOROSIS. brittle-star an echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, with long brittle arms radiating from a small central body. Derivatives brittlely adv. brittleness n. brittly adv. Etymology: ME ult. f. a Gmc root rel. to OE breotan break up ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ореховые леденцы в форме плиток 2. хрупкий, ломкий 3. раздраженный, нервный brittle tone —- раздраженный тон brittle temper —- нервность, раздражительность 4. сдержанный, прохладный, недружелюбный 5. неустойчивый, нестабильный the brittle tribute of his praise —- его робкая похвала 6. уст. смертный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 hard but easily broken (The branches were dry and brittle.) 2 a system, relationship etc that is brittle is easily damaged or destroyed (a very brittle friendship) 3 showing no warm feelings (a brittle laugh) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. bryttian "to break to pieces," from P.Gmc. stem *brutilo- "break," from PIE *bhreu-, from base *bher- "to cut with a sharp point." With -le, suffix forming adjectives with meaning "liable to." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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