— brickleness , n.
/brik"euhl/ , adj. Midland and Southern U.S.
easily broken; brittle.
[ bef. 1000; Brit. dial., Scots; late ME bryckell, OE -brycel tending to break, equiv. to bryc- (mutated ptp. s. of brecan to BREAK) + -el adj. suffix ]
— brickleness , n.
/brik"euhl/ , adj. Midland and Southern U.S.
easily broken; brittle.
[ bef. 1000; Brit. dial., Scots; late ME bryckell, OE -brycel tending to break, equiv. to bryc- (mutated ptp. s. of brecan to BREAK) + -el adj. suffix ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012