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brinded

/ˈbɹɪndɪd/

brinded adjective: especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.

Adjective

brinded (comparative more brinded, superlative most brinded)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
    • Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • It is well known that the only wool susceptible of acquiring delicate and brilliant colours by the process of dyeing, is white wool: for this reason the Cachemirians separate all those lambs which are black or brinded.1804, Alexander le. Goux de Flaix, “Memoir on the Wool and Sheep of Cachemire and Boutam”, in Philosophical Magazine, page 240
    Synonyms:
    mottled, tabby
  2. (dialectal) Frowning, looking sour or angry.
    • Lawks, doant be clummed by Babbin Enapp,
      'Sa bibbling, boostering, brinded chap,
      A dinderhead hadge-boar!1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim and Nell: A Dramatic Poem in the Dialect of North Devon. By a Devonshire Man

Proper noun capitalized: Brinded

Brinded

  1. A surname.

brinded meaning in Bengali

brinded in Bengali

সাধারণত বাদামী, ধূসর রঙের, ডোরাকাটা, ভুরু কুঁচকানো, বিরক্ত, রাগান্বিত দেখাচ্ছে এমন

Synonyms of brinded

Forms of brinded

comparativemore brinded
superlativemost brinded

Origin of brinded

From Middle English brended (“burnt, branded”), from bren (“burned, branded”), from the past participle of brennen (“to burn”), from Old English bærnan (“to burn”). Also compare Old Norse brǫndóttr, Icelandic bröndóttr (“brindled”).

Questions about brinded

What does brinded mean?
Brinded means especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
What is brinded in Bengali?
Brinded in Bengali is সাধারণত বাদামী, ধূসর রঙের, ডোরাকাটা. See Brinded meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is brinded?
Brinded can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce brinded?
Brinded is pronounced /ˈbɹɪndɪd/.

Words near brinded in the dictionary

  1. Brina
  2. brinase
  3. Brincat
  4. brincidofovir
  5. Brindabella
  6. brinded
  7. Brindian
  8. Brindians
  9. brindisi
  10. brindisis
  11. brindle

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