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brinded

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɹɪndɪd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted bddeinrStarts with BEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Streaked or mottled with gray, brown, or tawny markings.

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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: […]

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