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  1. 1. a. Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped Source: wordnet
  3. 3. adj. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets Source: wordnet
  6. 6. Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton. Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite. Source: webster
  7. 7. Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton.Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite. Source: adambom
  8. 8. j:100 n. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets s. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped s. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit s. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured Source: ecdict

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