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frindle

English

Etymology

Coined by Andrew Clements in his 1996 children's novel Frindle.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?f??n.d?l/
  • Rhymes: -?nd?l

Noun

frindle (plural frindles)

  1. (rare, humorous) A pen.

Quotations

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Anagrams

  • flinder

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brindle

English

Etymology

Back-formation from brindled, a variant of brinded (“streaked, spotted”), apparently reanalyzed as brindle + -ed. Attested from the late seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

Noun

brindle (usually uncountable, plural brindles)

  1. A streaky colouration in animals.
  2. An animal so coloured.

Adjective

brindle (comparative more brindle, superlative most brindle)

  1. Having such a colouration; brindled

Synonyms

  • tabby (in cats)

Verb

brindle (third-person singular simple present brindles, present participle brindling, simple past and past participle brindled)

  1. To form streaks of a different color.

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  • “brindle”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

Anagrams

  • blinder

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