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brit·tle  (brtl)
adj. brit·tler, brit·tlest
1.
a. Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure: brittle bones.
b. Easily damaged or disrupted; fragile: a brittle friendship. See Synonyms at fragile.
2.
a. Difficult to deal with; snappish: a brittle disposition.
b. Lacking warmth of feeling; cold: a reputation for being brittle and aloof.
3. Brilliantly sharp, as in percussive sound.
4.
a. Perishable.
b. Fleeting; transitory.
n.
A confection of caramelized sugar to which nuts are added: walnut brittle.
[Middle English britel, probably from Old English *brytel, from bryttian, to shatter.]
brittle·ly (brtl-) adv.
brittle·ness n.
brittle [ˈbrɪtəl]
adj
1. easily cracked, snapped, or broken; fragile
2. curt or irritable a brittle reply
3. hard or sharp in quality
n
(Cookery) a crunchy sweet made with treacle and nuts peanut brittle
[from Old English brytel (unattested); related to brytsen fragment, brēotan to break]
brittlely , brittly adv
brittle  (brtl)
Having a tendency to break when subject to high stress. Brittle materials have undergone very little strain when they reach their elastic limit, and tend to break at that limit. Compare ductile.


brittle  /brtl/  adj. hard and easy to break, (syn.) fragile: The bones of elderly people become brittle and easily broken. -n. [U] brittleness. brittle
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