different between briny vs brackish

English

Etymology

brine +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?a?ni/

Adjective

briny (comparative brinier or more briny, superlative briniest or most briny)

1. Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.

Translations

Noun

the briny

1. (slang) The sea.

Translations

Cornish

Alternative forms

• brini

Noun

briny m pl

1. plural of bran (“crow”)

English

Etymology

From Scottish brack (from Dutch brak (“brackish”)) +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?æk??/

Adjective

brackish (comparative more brackish, superlative most brackish)

1. (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
   • 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique

     ...by a low cour?e and too long ?porting with the briny Ocean it ta?ts bracki?h and in?alubrious...

   • 1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4.

     On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.

   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Random House.

     The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.

2. Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. Repulsive (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• brackishly
• brackishness

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