"bricky" meaning in English

See bricky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bricky.wav [US] Forms: brickier [comparative], brickiest [superlative]
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  1. Covered with brick.
    Sense id: en-bricky-en-adj-Q49SZoz9
  2. Similar to brick in texture, colour, shape, etc.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brickiness

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bricky.wav [US] Forms: brickies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪki Etymology: Etymology tree English brick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bricky From brick + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|brick|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English brick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bricky [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bricky", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="bricky"> From brick + -y. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bricky (plural brickies)
  1. (slang) A bricklayer. Tags: slang Synonyms: brickie
    Sense id: en-bricky-en-noun-ZQQnH4Ab

Inflected forms

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