brickish

comparative more brickish · superlative most brickish

1. Resembling or characteristic of brick.

   "Well, she had a slate-colored, broad-brimmed straw hat, with a feather of a brickish red.

   1909, Various, The Lock And Key Library

   1 more example

   One moment his shoulders and his head stood plain in every detail, even to the brickish redness of his skin and the curve of his fingers about the glasses; the next he was gone.

   1922, Bertrand W. Sinclair, The Hidden Places

   Synonyms: bricklike, bricky

2. UKdatedslangLike a brick, a helpful or reliable person.

   "It's awfully brickish of you, Worcester," said Acton, as Grim was heard trotting up the corridor "to stand down."

   1901, Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud