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briny

briny · brinier · briniest

Of, relating to, resembling, or containing brine, such as seawater or tearsOf, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt”), such as seawater or tears; salty.

/ˈbɹaɪni/

Значення

значень: 3

Of, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt”), such as seawater or tears; salty.
on the briny deep
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
(переносно)Of a person: difficult to get along with or to like; acerbic, prickly, unlikable.
(архаїчне, застаріле)Especially of the sea: phosphorescent, shining.

Походження

Origin uncertain, possibly from Middle English brine (“act of burning; fire”, noun), fro

Origin uncertain, possibly from Middle English brine (“act of burning; fire”, noun), from Old English bryne (“act of burning; fire, flame; heat”), from Proto-Germanic *bruniz (“act of burning; fire”), from *brinnaną (“to be on fire, burn”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”).

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