brickle

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪkəl/ Rhymes: -ɪkəl === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Adjective ==== brickle (Appalachia or archaic or dialect) Alternative form of breakle. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From the Bricklin, a failed automobile. ==== Verb ==== brickle (third-person singular simple present brickles, present participle brickling, simple past and past participle brickled) (Canada, dialect) To fail spectacularly. How to Brickle: The New Brunswick Funny Book (1977, →ISBN === Related terms === brickly === See also === butter brickle