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Meaning of brittle

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  brittle
      adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or
             fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is
             brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn:
             {brittle}, {brickle}, {brickly}]
      2: lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and
         calculating woman"
      3: (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily
         cracked or fractured [syn: {brittle}, {unannealed}]
      n 1: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets [syn: {brittle},
           {toffee}, {toffy}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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