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