"brotel" meaning in All languages combined

See brotel on Wiktionary

Adjective [Middle English]

Etymology: From Old English *brotul. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|*brotul}} Old English *brotul Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} brotel, {{enm-adj}} brotel
  1. Fragile, brittle, easily broken.
    Sense id: en-brotel-enm-adj-VzB1E1oq
  2. Easily hurt or destroyed, feeble.
    Sense id: en-brotel-enm-adj-WQgioDnJ
  3. Changeable, mutable; precarious, uncertain.
    Sense id: en-brotel-enm-adj-MCyFvzXg
  4. Morally weak, fickle, vacillating, untrustworthy.
    Sense id: en-brotel-enm-adj-sfQeyzyx Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 27 10 12 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brotil, brutil, brotyl, brutel, brutyll, bruttle, brotle Related terms: britel

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