brackishadj.

Brit.

/ˈbrakɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈbrækɪʃ/

Forms: Also 1500s brakkische, brachish, 1600s brakish.

Etymology: < brack adj. + -ish suffix¹.

1. Of a somewhat salt or saline taste; partly fresh, partly salt.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > brackish or briny

bracka1522

brackisha1552

bracky1582

brinish1594

briny1612

breachy1662

brak1793

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) VII. 114 The Water is a litle brakkische.

1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido i. ii The southern wind with brackish breath.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 82 Fresh water he call'd it, but we found it brackish.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 128 This saltness increases until the water becomes decidedly brackish.

2. figurative and transferred.

a. Spoilt by mixture, as of sea-water with fresh.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > mixed with something > adulterated

sophisticatec1400

adulterine1542

adulterous1547

corrupted1563

sophistered1567

corrupt1581

carded1596

adultered1603

sophisticated1607

adulterated1610

brackish1611

adulterate1634

sophistical1658

unsincere1664

doctored1784

alloyed1806

filled1887

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vi. 463/2 Retaining at this day the [English] language..though brackish with the mixture of vulgar Irish.

b. Nauseous, distasteful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > disgusting

queasyc1450

walsh1513

filthy1533

wallowish1548

foul1560

maumish1580

nasty1601

distastable1607

distasteful1611

disgustfula1625

nauseous1649

fulsome1694

mawkisha1697

disgusting1754

pukey1852

brackish1871

wambly1899

bogging1973

feechie1975

angin1994

1871 D. G. Rossetti Dante at Verona lv The bread..Seemed brackish, less like corn than tares.

c. Nautical (quots. 1867, 1881).

ΚΠ

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Introd. 7 The pithy conciseness of the brackish tongue renders it eminently useful on duty.

1881 G. F. Chambers Smyth's Cycle Celestial Objects (ed. 2) 2 Certain brackish rhymes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brackish
释义	brackishadj. Brit. /ˈbrakɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈbrækɪʃ/ Forms: Also 1500s brakkische, brachish, 1600s brakish. Etymology: < brack adj. + -ish suffix¹. 1. Of a somewhat salt or saline taste; partly fresh, partly salt. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > brackish or briny bracka1522 brackisha1552 bracky1582 brinish1594 briny1612 breachy1662 brak1793 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) VII. 114 The Water is a litle brakkische. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido i. ii The southern wind with brackish breath. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 82 Fresh water he call'd it, but we found it brackish. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 128 This saltness increases until the water becomes decidedly brackish. 2. figurative and transferred. a. Spoilt by mixture, as of sea-water with fresh. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > mixed with something > adulterated sophisticatec1400 adulterine1542 adulterous1547 corrupted1563 sophistered1567 corrupt1581 carded1596 adultered1603 sophisticated1607 adulterated1610 brackish1611 adulterate1634 sophistical1658 unsincere1664 doctored1784 alloyed1806 filled1887 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vi. 463/2 Retaining at this day the [English] language..though brackish with the mixture of vulgar Irish. b. Nauseous, distasteful. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > disgusting queasyc1450 walsh1513 filthy1533 wallowish1548 foul1560 maumish1580 nasty1601 distastable1607 distasteful1611 disgustfula1625 nauseous1649 fulsome1694 mawkisha1697 disgusting1754 pukey1852 brackish1871 wambly1899 bogging1973 feechie1975 angin1994 1871 D. G. Rossetti Dante at Verona lv The bread..Seemed brackish, less like corn than tares. c. Nautical (quots. 1867, 1881). ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Introd. 7 The pithy conciseness of the brackish tongue renders it eminently useful on duty. 1881 G. F. Chambers Smyth's Cycle Celestial Objects (ed. 2) 2 Certain brackish rhymes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † brackishv. Etymology: < brackish adj. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To render brackish. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] > render brackish brackish1637 1637 T. Heywood Jupiter & Io in Dial. in Wks. (1874) VI. 267 O, brackish not your waters with your teares. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1552v.1637
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brackishadj.

† brackishv.