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brisk

English edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain; probably a collateral form of brusque, but compare Irish briosc, Scottish Gaelic brisg, Welsh brys.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bɹɪsk/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪsk

Adjective edit

brisk (comparative brisker or more brisk, superlative briskest or most brisk)

  1. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
    Synonyms: lively, spirited, quick
    We took a brisk walk yesterday.
    • 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 10:
      On such occasions he would remark--
      "Shaving may add an air that's somewhat brisker,
      For dignity, commend me to the whisker."
    • 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      Ba, who has been linked with a January move to Arsenal, should have rewarded their brisk start with the opening goal in the 16th minute.
  2. Full of spirit of life; effervescing.
  3. (archaic) Sparkling; fizzy.
    brisk cider
  4. Stimulating or invigorating.
    This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.
    • 1896, A. E. Housman, “Terence, this is stupid stuff”, in A Shropshire Lad:
      Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, / There's brisker pipes than poetry.
  5. Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.

Translations edit

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See also edit

Verb edit

brisk (third-person singular simple present brisks, present participle brisking, simple past and past participle brisked)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *britška, from Proto-Slavic *bričьkъ, diminutive of *bričь (“id”).[1]

Noun edit

brisk m (plural brisqe, definite brisku, definite plural brisqet)

  1. razor, penknife

Declension edit

Declension of brisk
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative brisk brisqe brisku brisqet
accusative briskun
dative brisku brisqeve briskut brisqevet
ablative brisqesh

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 121

Lithuanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

brìsk

  1. second-person singular imperative of bristi

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
Briskebusk på Larvikstranda forma av havvinden

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

Possibly onomatopoetic of the sound made when put on fire.[1]

Noun edit

brisk m (definite singular brisken, indefinite plural briskar, definite plural briskane)

  1. juniper
    Synonyms: brake, einer, eine

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Low German britse, britsche, briske.

Noun edit

brisk m (definite singular brisken, indefinite plural briskar, definite plural briskane)

  1. a wall-bound sleeping bench

References edit

  1. ^ “brisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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