Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brinded

/ˈbɹɪndɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: brind-ed
IPA: /ˈbɹɪndɪd/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.

Archaic

adj

Frowning, looking sour or angry.

name

Example Sentences

"Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd."
"It is well known that the only wool susceptible of acquiring delicate and brilliant colours by the process of dyeing, is white wool: for this reason the Cachemirians separate all those lambs which are black or brinded."
"Glory be to God for dappled things— / For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; / For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim: […]"
"Lawks, doant be clummed by Babbin Enapp, 'Sa bibbling, boostering, brinded chap, A dinderhead hadge-boar!"

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: brend, bærnan

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more brinded (comparative) most brinded (superlative)

Synonyms

mottled tabby brindled brindle

Questions

How do you pronounce brinded?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɪndɪd/.
What does brinded mean?: Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.
Where does brinded come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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