brickish

English

Etymology

From brick +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

brickish (comparative more brickish, superlative most brickish)

1. Resembling or characteristic of brick.

   Synonyms: bricklike, bricky

   • 1922, Bertrand W. Sinclair, The Hidden Places‎^[1]:

     One moment his shoulders and his head stood plain in every detail, even to the brickish redness of his skin and the curve of his fingers about the glasses; the next he was gone.

   • 1909, Various, The Lock And Key Library‎^[2]:

     "Well, she had a slate-colored, broad-brimmed straw hat, with a feather of a brickish red.

2. (slang, UK, dated) Like a brick, a helpful or reliable person.
   • 1901, Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud‎^[3]:

     "It's awfully brickish of you, Worcester," said Acton, as Grim was heard trotting up the corridor "to stand down."