Definitions for brittle
ˈbrɪt lbrit·tle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brittle, toffee, toffyadjective

   caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

2. brittle, brickle, bricklyadjective

   having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

   "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"

3. brittleadjective

   lacking warmth and generosity of spirit

   "a brittle and calculating woman"

4. brittle, unannealedadjective

   (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. brittlenoun

   (Mass Noun) A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.

2. brittlenoun

   (Mass Noun) Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.

3. brittleadjective

   Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.

4. brittleadjective

   Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.

5. brittleadjective

   Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.

6. brittleadjective

   Emotionally fragile, easily offended.

7. brittleadjective

   Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.

8. Etymology: From britel, brutel, brotel, from *, equivalent to. More at brit.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BRITTLEadjective

   Fragile; apt to break; not tough.

   Etymology: brittan, Saxon.

   The wood of vines is very durable; though no tree hath the twigs, while they are green, so brittle, yet the wood dried is extremely tough. Francis Bacon, Natural Hist. №. 622.

   From earth all came, to earth must all return,
   Frail as the cord, and brittle as the urn. Matthew Prior.

   Of airy pomp, and fleeting joys,
   What does the busy world conclude at best,
   But brittle goods, that break like glass? George Granville.

   If the stone is brittle, it will often crumble, and pass in the form of gravel. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brittle

   A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation. Brittle materials absorb relatively little energy prior to fracture, even those of high strength. Breaking is often accompanied by a sharp snapping sound.When used in materials science, it is generally applied to materials that fail when there is little or no plastic deformation before failure. One proof is to match the broken halves, which should fit exactly since no plastic deformation has occurred.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brittle

   Brittle refers to a material or substance that is hard, but liable to break or shatter easily when subjected to pressure, force, or stress. It lacks the flexibility or elasticity to deform or bend without cracking or breaking.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Brittleadjective

   easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brittle

   brit′l, adj. apt to break: easily broken: frail.—ns. Britt′leness; Britt′le-stars, or Sand-stars, one of the classes of Echinodermata, including forms not far removed from starfishes. [A.S. bréotan, to break.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brittle

   Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli; e.g., a file system that is usually totally scrambled by a power failure is said to be brittle. This term is often used to describe the results of a research effort that were never intended to be robust, but it can be applied to commercial software, which (due to closed-source development) displays the quality far more often than it ought to. Oppose robust.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BRITTLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brittle is ranked #38532 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Brittle surname appeared 574 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Brittle.
   
   76.4% or 439 total occurrences were White.
   18.1% or 104 total occurrences were Black.
   1.7% or 10 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.5% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for brittle »

1. blitter

2. triblet

How to pronounce brittle?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say brittle in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brittle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brittle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of brittle in a Sentence

1. Paul Byrne:

   Think of like a Milky Way bar or a Mars bar, its where the chocolate and caramel touch, that depth, you can treat that as the thickness of the brittle, rigid layer.

2. Esther Perel:

   If a man sees a woman as brittle, he may love her with a sense of extra burden.

3. Tom Robbins:

   Meditation... disolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass.

4. Christine Lagarde:

   We believe that global growth is still too low, too brittle and too lopsided.

5. Raj Dasgupta:

   You'd have to be pretty brittle and pretty sick if a blanket's going to stop your breathing.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brittle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brittle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=brittle
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittle
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brittle
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=brittle
8. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Brittle
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html