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brisk
English
Etymology
Uncertain. Compare Welsh brwysg and French brusque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??sk/
- Rhymes: -?sk
Adjective
brisk (comparative brisker or more brisk, superlative briskest or most brisk)
- Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action
- Synonyms: lively, spirited, quick
- We took a brisk walk yesterday.
- Full of spirit of life; effervescing
- (archaic) sparkling; fizzy
- brisk cider
- Stimulating or invigorating.
- This morning was a brisk fall day. It wasn't cold enough for frost, but you wanted to keep moving.
- Abrupt, curt in one's manner or in relation to others.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15
- Her manner was brisk, and her good-breeding scarcely concealed her conviction that if you were not a soldier you might as well be a counter-jumper.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15
Translations
See also
- brusque
Verb
brisk (third-person singular simple present brisks, present participle brisking, simple past and past participle brisked)
- (transitive, intransitive, often with "up") To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.
Further reading
- brisk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- brisk in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- brisk at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Birks, birks
Albanian
Etymology
From brej, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *bhrisqo- (“bitter”). Compare Norwegian brisk (“bitter taste”), brisken (“bitter, sharp”), Welsh brysg, French brusque, Russian ????????? (brezgát?, “nauseate, feel disgust”), English brisk.
Noun
brisk m
- razor
- sharp, smart, keen, freezing cold
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
- briski
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b?r??s?k]
Verb
brìsk
- second-person singular imperative of bristi
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Possibly onomatopoetic of the sound made when put on fire.
Noun
brisk m (definite singular brisken, indefinite plural briskar, definite plural briskane)
- juniper
Synonyms
- brake, einer
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German britse, britsche, briske.
Noun
brisk m (definite singular brisken, indefinite plural briskar, definite plural briskane)
- a wall-bound sleeping bench
References
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candid
English
Etymology
From Latin candidus (“white”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?kæn.d?d/
Adjective
candid (comparative candider, superlative candidest)
- Impartial and free from prejudice.
- 21 January 2018, Oli Smith, in The Sunday Express
- Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.»
- 21 January 2018, Oli Smith, in The Sunday Express
- Straightforward, open and sincere.
- 1871, unknown translator, Jules Verne (original), A Journey To The Center Of The Earth
- My candid opinion was that it was all rubbish!
- 1871, unknown translator, Jules Verne (original), A Journey To The Center Of The Earth
- Not posed or rehearsed.
- 2002, Popular Photography
- Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood?
- 2002, Popular Photography
Synonyms
- frank, open, parrhesiastic, sincere, unreserved
Derived terms
- candid camera
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- candid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- candid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Noun
candid (plural candids)
- A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
- His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French candide, from Latin candidus.
Adjective
candid m or n (feminine singular candid?, masculine plural candizi, feminine and neuter plural candide)
- candid
Declension
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