different between britchka vs brisky

English

Alternative forms

• britschka, britska, britshka, britzka, britzska

Etymology

From Russian ?????? (bri?ka), or its source, Polish bryczka, diminutive form of bryka (“carriage”), probably ultimately from Italian biroccio. Doublet of barouche.

Noun

britchka (plural britchkas)

1. (now historical) A type of horse-drawn carriage, with a foldable roof covering.
   • 1847, Xavier Hommaire De Hell, Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c, ch. 22:

     The appearance of our caravan was curious and grotesque. Our britchka was drawn by three camels, taken in tow by a man on foot.

   • 1854, Leo Tolstoy (trans. C. J. Hogarth), Boyhood, ch. 2 – The Thunderstorm:

     At length, Vassili got up and covered over the britchka, the coachman wrapped himself up in his cloak and lifted his cap to make the sign of the cross at each successive thunderclap, and the horses pricked up their ears and snorted.

   • 2002, Michael Hofmann, translating Josepth Roth, The Radetsky March, Folio Society 2015, p. 158:

     The conveyance stopped, a straw-coloured britshka, the summer conveyance of Count Chojnicki.

Synonyms

• brisky

References

• britchka at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

English

Etymology

brisk +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ski

Adjective

brisky (comparative more brisky, superlative most brisky)

1. (rare) Somewhat brisk; lively; energetic.
   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, act 3, sc. 1:

     Flute: Most radiant Pyramus, most lily-white of hue,

     Of colour like the red rose on triumphant brier,

     Most brisky juvenal and eke most lovely Jew,

     As true as truest horse that yet would never tire

   • 1841, William Harrison Ainsworth, Old St. Paul's, book 4, ch. 2:

     [H]e kept his eyes steadily fixed upon the ground, and walked at a brisky pace, as if desirous of getting out of the city as quickly as possible.

   • 1960 Jan. 31, "Bon Voyage, Cold Front," Miami News (USA), page 1 (retrieved 25 Oct 2011):

     Miami's latest cold front slipped on out over the ocean early yesterday, leaving behind more than a slight chill, brisky winds and a few showers.

   • 1960 Oct. 21, Muriel Lawrence, "Irritation Result of Weakness," Victoria Advocate (USA), page 3 (retrieved 25 Oct 2011):

     His secretary jumps when he rings; his brisky independent way with important customers is the envy of his sales staff.

Noun

brisky (plural form uncertain: briskys or briskies)

1. (rare, probably obsolete, possibly nonstandard) A britchka, a type of horse-drawn carriage.
   • c. 1840, Edgar Allan Poe, "Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling":

     Och! and wouldn't it be a blessed thing for your spirrits if ye cud lay your two peepers jist, upon Sir Pathrick O'Grandison, Barronitt, when he is all riddy drissed for the hopperer, or stipping into the Brisky for the drive into the Hyde Park.

   • I don't wish to digscribe the marridge seminary—how the embasy chapling jined the hands of this loving young couple—how one of the embasy footmin was called in to witness the marridge—how Miss wep and fainted as usial—and how Deuceace carried her, fainting, to the brisky, and drove off to Fontingblo.

   • 2010, Robin Adair, Death and the Running Patterer, ?ISBN, Penguin, online edition:

     The captain called for his carriage. . . . [T]he platterer was glad that Rossi's choice of transport was a brisky, and not a smaller vehicle. . . . Two horses gave it power and its light body, made largely of woven wicker, gave it roominess and speed.

References

Anagrams

• Birkys