Brittle
Brittle ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Old English britel, brutel, Anglo-Saxon bryttian to dispense, from breótan to break; akin to Icelandic brytja, Swedish bryta, Danish bryde. Compare Brickle.]
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious<-- contrast to flexible; usually hard -->.
Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece
Of fine-cut crystal.
Collocations (1)
Brittle silver ore , the mineral stephanite.