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brinded

brinded · more brinded · most brinded

Frowning, looking sour or angryFrowning, looking sour or angry.

/ˈbɹɪndɪd/

Meaning

2 senses

(dialectal)Frowning, looking sour or angry.
(archaic, dialectal)Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

Origin

From Middle English brended (“burnt, branded”), from bren (“burned, branded”), from the pa

From Middle English brended (“burnt, branded”), from bren (“burned, branded”), from the past participle of brennen (“to burn”), from Old English bærnan (“to burn”). Also compare Old Norse brǫndóttr, Icelandic bröndóttr (“brindled”).

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