broos — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
broos is used for these senses in English:
- brittle Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.
- buskin (historical) A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.
- fragile (figuratively) Readily disrupted or destroyed.
brittle — full definition
- adj Hard but easily broken, snapped, or shattered.
- adj Emotionally fragile; easily hurt or upset.
- noun A hard candy made from caramelized sugar and nuts.
buskin — full definition
- noun A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
- noun A pontifical vestment in the form of a silk stocking, sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold thread, reaching to the base of the knee and worn over one’s regular socks but under episcopal sandals.
- noun A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.
- noun Tragic drama; tragedy.