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"word": "brittle bone disease"
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"word": "brittle cinder"
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"word": "brittle fracture"
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"word": "brittlegill"
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"word": "brittle hair syndrome"
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"word": "brittle star"
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"word": "quasibrittle"
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"lit": "prone to or tending to break",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English britel, brutel, brotel (“brittle”), from Old English *brytel, *bryttol (“brittle, fragile”, literally “prone to or tending to break”); equivalent to brit + -le.",
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
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"form": "more brittle",
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"comparative"
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"form": "brittlest",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Cast iron is much more brittle than forged iron."
},
{
"text": "A diamond is hard but brittle."
},
{
"ref": "1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 329",
"text": "'Do you suppose our convent, and I too, / Are insufficient, then, to pray for you? / Thomas, that joke's not good. Your faith is brittle.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krehǎk",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "крехък"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čupliv",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "чуплив"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "trošliv",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "трошлив"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "fràgil"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "易碎的"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "易损坏的"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "křehký"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "lámavý"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "skrøbelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "skør"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "bros"
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{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "broos"
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"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "hauras"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "fragile"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "spröde"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "brüchig"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "bröckelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "mürbe"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "morsch"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "fragil"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "zerbrechlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kapurós",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "καπυρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kraûros",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "κραῦρος"
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{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "psathurós",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "ψαθυρός"
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"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "törékeny"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "rideg"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "brothætt"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "aibrisc"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "briosc"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "fragile"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "fragosus"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kŕšliv",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "кр́шлив"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "krévok",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "кре́вок"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tróšliv",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "тро́шлив"
},
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"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "so-vrishey"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "kōtihetihe"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "mōwhaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "mōwhakiwhaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of wood",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "waipawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "brouyi"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "câsuel"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "sprø"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "skjør"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "brosch"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "kruchy"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "frágil"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "quebradiço"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xrúpkij",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "хру́пкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lómkij",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "ло́мкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "frush"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krt"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krhak"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "frágil"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "quebradizo"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "friable"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kryxkyj",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "крихкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lamkyj",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "ламкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "giòn"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 16 7 15 6 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "brau"
}
]
},
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{
"text": "Shortbread is my favorite cold pastry, yet being so brittle it crumbles easily, and a lot goes to waste."
}
],
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"Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending."
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"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krehǎk",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "крехък"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "trencadís"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "breekbaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "bros"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "hauras"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "hapero"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "cassant"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "spröde"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "krümelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "bröselig"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "brüchig"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "bröckelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "mürbe"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "bröslig"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "krümelnd"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "zerreibbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kraûros",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "κραῦρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "aibrisc"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "briosc"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kŕšliv",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "кр́шлив"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yufka",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "یوفقه"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xrúpkij",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "хру́пкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "frágil"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 80 3 2 3 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "brau"
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]
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"orig": "en:Archaeology",
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"Sciences",
"Social sciences",
"Zoology",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Biology",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked."
],
"id": "en-brittle-en-adj-0YcRk1BB",
"links": [
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"archaeology"
],
[
"conchoidal",
"conchoidal"
],
[
"knap",
"knap"
],
[
"flake",
"flake"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked."
],
"topics": [
"archaeology",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 13 7 15 12 14 8 16 0 1",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Emotions",
"orig": "en:Emotions",
"parents": [
"Mind",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What a brittle personality! A little misunderstanding and he's an emotional wreck."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Emotionally fragile, easily offended."
],
"id": "en-brittle-en-adj-rYJrBEcl",
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]
},
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"categories": [
"en:Archaeology"
],
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"Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked."
],
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[
"archaeology",
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[
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"conchoidal"
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[
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[
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"flake"
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],
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"(archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked."
],
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"archaeology",
"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "What a brittle personality! A little misunderstanding and he's an emotional wreck."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Emotionally fragile, easily offended."
],
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[
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"fragile"
],
[
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]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Computing",
"en:Engineering"
],
"glosses": [
"Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance."
],
"links": [
[
"engineering",
"engineering#Noun"
],
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"error",
"error"
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[
"fault-tolerant",
"fault-tolerant"
],
[
"redundancy",
"redundancy"
],
[
"defense in depth",
"defense in depth"
],
[
"catastrophic",
"catastrophic"
],
[
"failure",
"failure"
],
[
"malfunction",
"malfunction"
],
[
"deviance",
"deviance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(engineering, computing, of a system) Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a system"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English proscribed terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level."
],
"links": [
[
"Diabetes",
"diabetes"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, proscribed) Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"proscribed"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɹɪtl̩/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪtəl"
},
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krehǎk",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "крехък"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čupliv",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "чуплив"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "trošliv",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "трошлив"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "fràgil"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "易碎的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "易损坏的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "křehký"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "lámavý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "skrøbelig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "skør"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "bros"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "broos"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "hauras"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "fragile"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "spröde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "brüchig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "bröckelig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "mürbe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "morsch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "fragil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "zerbrechlich"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kapurós",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "καπυρός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kraûros",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "κραῦρος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "psathurós",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "ψαθυρός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "törékeny"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "rideg"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "brothætt"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "aibrisc"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "briosc"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "fragile"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "fragosus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kŕšliv",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "кр́шлив"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "krévok",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "кре́вок"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tróšliv",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "тро́шлив"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "so-vrishey"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "kōtihetihe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "mōwhaki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "mōwhakiwhaki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of wood",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "waipawa"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "brouyi"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "câsuel"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "sprø"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "skjør"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "brosch"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "kruchy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "frágil"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "quebradiço"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xrúpkij",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "хру́пкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lómkij",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "ло́мкий"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "frush"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krt"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krhak"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "frágil"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "quebradizo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "friable"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kryxkyj",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "крихкий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lamkyj",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "ламкий"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "giòn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure",
"word": "brau"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krehǎk",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "крехък"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "trencadís"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "breekbaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "bros"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "hauras"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "hapero"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "cassant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "spröde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "krümelig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "bröselig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "brüchig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "bröckelig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "mürbe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "bröslig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "krümelnd"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "zerreibbar"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kraûros",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "κραῦρος"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "aibrisc"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "briosc"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kŕšliv",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "кр́шлив"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yufka",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "یوفقه"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xrúpkij",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "хру́пкий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "frágil"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "apt to break or crumble when bending",
"word": "brau"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čuvstvitelen",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "чувствителен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obidčiv",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "обидчив"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "přecitlivělý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "citlivý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "kribbigkoelafstandelijk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "herkkä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "hauras"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "herkkätunteinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "reizbar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "kühl"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "fragil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "instabil"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "čuvstvítelen",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "чувстви́телен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ósetliv",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "о́сетлив"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "frágil"
},
{
"alt": "first \"в\" (v) is silent",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čuvstvítelʹnyj",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "чувстви́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ujazvímyj",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "уязви́мый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezzaščítnyj",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "беззащи́тный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obídčivyj",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "оби́дчивый"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čutlyvyj",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "чутливий"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "emotionally fragile, easily offended",
"word": "bregus"
}
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "confection of caramelized sugar and nuts",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "confection of caramelized sugar and nuts",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "confection of caramelized sugar and nuts",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "confection of caramelized sugar and nuts",
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"sense": "confection of caramelized sugar and nuts",
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"masculine"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "confection of caramelized sugar and nuts",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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],
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
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"word": "crocante"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "confection of caramelized sugar and nuts",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "krokant"
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"ref": "1999, J. Siekmann, Maria T. Pazienza, J. G. Carbonell, Information Extraction: Towards Scalable, Adaptable Systems, page 24",
"text": "The project is based on a similar project, the Class project, which was started by the University of Cornell several years ago under the leadership of Stuart Lynn to preserve brittling old books.",
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"ref": "2020, Alys Murray, The Magnolia Sisters",
"text": "Her heart fluttered, then stilled when May snapped the image away and her voice brittled.",
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"ref": "1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 38, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson",
"text": "Not being versed in the terms of English venery, he asked Abbot Ulfketyl what brittling of a deer might mean; and being informed that it was that operation on the carcass of a stag which his countrymen called eventrer, and Highland gillies now “gralloching”[.]",
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