brickle

/ˈbɹɪkəl/

brickle is the alternative form of breakle.

Meaning of breakle

Adjective

breakle (comparative more breakle, superlative most breakle)

(dialectal) Apt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle.
- At "Blackhead" — "Here is a breakle black touche stone under other rough stone."1855, Ulster Archaeological Society, Ulster journal of archaeology

Verb

brickle (third-person singular simple present brickles, present participle brickling, simple past and past participle brickled)

(Canada, dialectal) To fail spectacularly.
- How to Brickle: The New Brunswick Funny Book (1977, →ISBN)

Forms of brickle

third-person singular present	brickles
present participle	brickling
past participle	brickled
past	brickled

Origin of brickle

From Middle English brikel, brekil, brukel (“easily broken or shattered”), from Old English *bryċel, *brucol (as in hūsbryċel (“burglarious”, literally “house-breaking”), scipbrucol (“destructive to shipping, causing shipwreck”, literally “ship-breaking”), equivalent to break + -le. See also breakle.

From the Bricklin, a failed automobile.

Words formed from brickle

brickleness

Words that rhyme with brickle

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Questions about brickle

What does brickle mean?: Brickle means to fail spectacularly.
What is brickle the alternative form of?: Brickle is the alternative form of breakle.
What part of speech is brickle?: Brickle is a verb.
How do you pronounce brickle?: Brickle is pronounced /ˈbɹɪkəl/.
What is the past tense of brickle?: The past tense of brickle is brickled.

Words near brickle in the dictionary

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