dialect
as in brittle
having a texture that readily breaks into little pieces under pressure that stuff's so brickle that it breaks into pieces as soon as you touch it

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Adjective
  • Effortless, beachy waves that stay soft and bouncy, not brittle.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 May 2025
  • This deeply hydrating treatment offers touchable softness to brittle strands and delivers moisture directly to the cortex with a potent blend of squalane, humectants, and peptides.
    Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The settlement elicited a crisp rebuke from Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw, a member of the commission’s Democratic minority.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
  • The crust reminded me of a puff pastry; super crisp yet light and flakey on the outside, and soft and almost steamed on the inside.
    Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
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“Brickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brickle. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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