bruckle
English
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editbruckle (comparative more bruckle, superlative most bruckle)
- (dialectal) Frail, weak, fragile.
- 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter VIII, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):
- The beast of foot sings Holdfast only,
For flesh is bruckle and foot is slee.
Strength to the strong and the lordly and lonely,
Timor Mortis Exultat Me.
Scots
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editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈbrʌkl/, /ˈbrɪkl/
- (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /ˈbruːkul/
Adjective
editbruckle (comparative mair bruckle, superlative maist bruckle)