Brexity

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adjective

Characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it; parochial, jingoistic.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveBrexity (comparative more Brexity, superlative most Brexity)

comparative more Brexity · superlative most Brexity

  1. UKinformalCharacteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it; parochial, jingoistic.

    It feels a bit Brexity: a pained cry from the past, “We want our Shakespearean canon back!”

    2016 October 26, David Greig, “Emma Rice’s exit from Shakespeare’s Globe feels a bit Brexity”, in New Statesman
    2 more examples

    It is a society that has evolved separately from Britain’s mainland and its Anglican beliefs, but it looks like an alternative reality of fiercely insular, irrational England. Is there anything more Brexity than this?

    2018 June 7, Peter Bradshaw, “The scariest horror films ever – ranked!”, in The Guardian

    She doesn't admit that I'm right — she has been distracted by a woman she has seen out of the window, limping out from a Brexity pub called The Dame's Garter with a vape dangling from her puckered lips […]

    2020, Eliza Clark, Boy Parts

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Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΒρεττᾰνός (Brettănós)
  2. Ancient GreekΒρεττανία (Brettanía)
  3. LatinBritannia
  4. Anglo-NormanBritaine
  5. Middle EnglishBritayne
  6. EnglishBritain
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Latineō
  13. Latinexeō
  14. Latinexitus
  15. Middle Englishexit
  16. Englishexit
  17. EnglishBrexit
  18. EnglishBrexity

From Brexit + -y.

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APA

Brexity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brexity

MLA

“Brexity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brexity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Brexity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brexity.

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