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From breakle + -y and/or break + -ly. Compare German zerbrechlich (“fragile”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Apt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle. Full definition →
From breakle + -y and/or break + -ly. Compare German zerbrechlich (“fragile”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.