bruckle

English

Adjective

bruckle (comparative more bruckle, superlative most bruckle)

1. (dialectal) Frail, weak, fragile.
   • 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter VIII, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):

     The beast of foot sings Holdfast only,
     For flesh is bruckle and foot is slee.
     Strength to the strong and the lordly and lonely,
     Timor Mortis Exultat Me.

Scots

Alternative forms

• brickle, brukkle, bruckl, brukkel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrʌkl/, /ˈbrɪkl/
• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): /ˈbruːkul/

Adjective

bruckle (comparative mair bruckle, superlative maist bruckle)

1. (archaic) Brittle, easily broken.
2. (poetic) Unstable, uncertain, unsettled.