brickle

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪkəl/

The English word “brickle” has 1 meaning listed here.

verb

To fail spectacularly.

Etymology

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.

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bricklayer
bricklayer's itch
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bricklet
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