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English to English adjective
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Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped | | Example: brittle bones
glass is brittle
`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
lacking warmth and generosity of spirit | | Example: a brittle and calculating woman
source: wordnet30
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(of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured | | source: wordnet30 noun
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caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets | | source: wordnet30
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