brinish

English

Etymology

From brine +‎ -ish.

Adjective

brinish (comparative more brinish, superlative most brinish)

1. briny; somewhat salty.
   • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     brinish tears

Derived terms

• brinishness

 

References

• “brinish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.