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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped;
- Example: "brittle bones"
- Example: "glass is brittle"
- Example: "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"
[syn: brittle, brickle, brickly]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Brickle \Bric"kle\, a. [OE. brekil, brokel, bruchel, fr. AS. brecan, E. break. Cf. Brittle.] Brittle; easily broken. [Obs. or Prov.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] As stubborn steel excels the brickle glass. --Turbervile. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

brickle adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: brittle, brickle, brickly]