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broos — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brittle adj Hard but easily broken, snapped, or shattered.
  • buskin noun A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
  • fragile adjective Easily broken or damaged; delicate.

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

  1. adj Hard but easily broken, snapped, or shattered.
  2. adj Emotionally fragile; easily hurt or upset.
  3. noun A hard candy made from caramelized sugar and nuts.

buskin — full definition

  1. noun A soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. noun Tragic drama; tragedy.

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