branny

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See also: Branny and branný

English

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Etymology

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From bran +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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branny (comparative brannier, superlative branniest)

  1. Full of or resembling bran.
    • 1929, Robert Thurston Hopkins, “A Ballade of Excellent Bread”, in Kipling's Sussex Revisited:
      Miller, miller, jolly and gay, / Grind me some of your best to-day; / Wholemeal flour branny and bold / Fill me as much as my bin will hold.

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