† brotelbrotleadj.

Forms: Middle English brotel(l, brotil, ( brutel, brutil(e), Middle English brotill(e, brottyl, ( brutyll), 1500s brotle.

Etymology: Middle English brotil , brutil , < broten broken, past participle of bréotan . In use brotel appears as one of the various forms of britil , bretil , brittle adj., and it may have been of later analogical formation: compare brickle, brockle.

Obsolete.

a. Liable to break, easily broken; fragile, brittle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile

bricklec1225

froughc1275

brisel1303

brocklec1315

brittlea1382

fraila1382

brotelc1384

frangiblec1440

frushing1488

bruckle1513

brash1566

breakable1570

weak1581

glassya1591

brake1600

frushy1610

fragilea1616

kexy1641

brickly1670

cracky1725

fractile1727

frush1802

slattery1829

crackable1862

snappable1866

smashable1884

spaulty1895

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. iv. 7 We han this tresour in brotil [a1425 L.V. britil] vesselis.

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) v. vii. 127 a Fortunes fauors be made..Of brotell glasse rather than of stele.

1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 324/4 Kepte in a fraylle and brutyll vessell.

b. Frail, perishable, easily destroyed, mortal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > liable to death

deathlyeOE

deadlyc1000

brotel1340

mortalc1390

mortuala1500

deathful?1624

mortalized1633

cadaverable1651

cadaverizable1651

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 129 Ysy hou þou art fyeble and brotel.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ix. 37 Þe Bodi þat Brutel is of kuynde.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle v. xiv. (1483) 109.

1557 Dialoge of Comfort (new ed.) iii. xii, in Wks. Sir T. More 1226/1 A brotle man lately made of earthe.

2. figurative. Unstable; inconstant, fickle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]

slidinga900

wankleeOE

windyc1000

unsteadfastc1200

fleeting?c1225

loose?c1225

brotelc1315

unstablec1340

varyingc1340

variantc1374

motleyc1380

ungroundedc1380

muablea1393

passiblea1393

remuablea1393

changeablea1398

movablea1398

variablec1397

slidderya1400

ticklec1400

variantc1412

flitting1413

mutable?a1425

movingc1425

flaskisable1430

flickering1430

transmutablec1430

vertible1447

brittlea1450

ficklea1450

permutablec1450

unfirmc1450

uncertain1477

turnable1483

unsteadfast1483

vagrantc1522

inconstant1526

alterable?1531

stirringc1540

slippery1548

various1552

slid?1553

mutala1561

rolling1561

weathery1563

unconstant1568

interchangeable1574

fluctuant1575

stayless1575

transitive1575

voluble1575

changeling1577

queasy1579

desultory1581

huff-puff1582

unstaid1586

vagrant1586

changeful1590

floating1594

Protean1594

unstayed1594

swimming1596

anchorless1597

mobilec1600

ticklish1601

catching1603

labile1603

unrooted1604

quicksilvered1605

versatile1605

insubstantial1607

uncertain1609

brandling1611

rootless1611

squeasy1611

wind-changinga1616

insolid1618

ambulatory1625

versatilous1629

plastic1633

desultorious1637

unbottomed1641

fluid1642

fluent1648

yea-and-nay1648

versipellous1650

flexile1651

uncentred1652

variating1653

chequered1656

slideable1662

transchangeative1662

weathercock-like1663

flicketing1674

fluxa1677

lapsable1678

wanton1681

veering1684

upon the weathercock1702

contingent1703

unsettled?1726

fermentable1731

afloat1757

brickle1768

wavy1795

vagarious1798

unsettled1803

fitful1810

metamorphosical1811

undulating1815

tittupya1817

titubant1817

mutative1818

papier mâché1818

teetotum1819

vacillating1822

capricious1823

sensitive1828

quicksilvery1829

unengrafted1829

fluxionala1834

proteiform1833

liquid1835

tottlish1835

kaleidoscopic1846

versative1846

kaleidoscopical1858

tottery1861

choppy1865

variative1874

variational1879

wimbly-wambly1881

fluctuable1882

shifty1882

giveable1884

shifty1884

tippy1886

mutatory1890

upsettable1890

rocky1897

undulatory1897

streaky1898

tottly1905

tipply1906

up and down1907

inertialess1927

sometimey1946

rise-and-fall1950

switchable1961

c1315 Shoreham 5 Man is so brotel Ine his owene kende.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋473 The commendacion of the peple is somtyme ful fals and ful brotel [v.r. brotil, brethil, brutile, brutel].

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3861 His welthe hathe but a brotille stablenesse.

Derivatives

† ˈbrotelhede n. Obsolete frailty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun]

wokenessc1000

unstrengthc1175

frailnessa1300

weaknessa1300

brotelhede1340

frailtyc1384

tendernessa1387

slackness1398

unmain?a1400

unmight?a1400

feebility1413

fragility1474

infirmity1590

strengthlessness1666

feebleness1684

akrasia1806

weediness1860

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 130 Huanne þe man..knauþ his pourhede, þe vilhede, þe brotelhede of his beringe.

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

单词	brotel
释义	† brotelbrotleadj. Forms: Middle English brotel(l, brotil, ( brutel, brutil(e), Middle English brotill(e, brottyl, ( brutyll), 1500s brotle. Etymology: Middle English brotil , brutil , < broten broken, past participle of bréotan . In use brotel appears as one of the various forms of britil , bretil , brittle adj., and it may have been of later analogical formation: compare brickle, brockle. Obsolete. 1. a. Liable to break, easily broken; fragile, brittle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile bricklec1225 froughc1275 brisel1303 brocklec1315 brittlea1382 fraila1382 brotelc1384 frangiblec1440 frushing1488 bruckle1513 brash1566 breakable1570 weak1581 glassya1591 brake1600 frushy1610 fragilea1616 kexy1641 brickly1670 cracky1725 fractile1727 frush1802 slattery1829 crackable1862 snappable1866 smashable1884 spaulty1895 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. iv. 7 We han this tresour in brotil [a1425 L.V. britil] vesselis. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) v. vii. 127 a Fortunes fauors be made..Of brotell glasse rather than of stele. 1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 324/4 Kepte in a fraylle and brutyll vessell. b. Frail, perishable, easily destroyed, mortal. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > liable to death deathlyeOE deadlyc1000 brotel1340 mortalc1390 mortuala1500 deathful?1624 mortalized1633 cadaverable1651 cadaverizable1651 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 129 Ysy hou þou art fyeble and brotel. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ix. 37 Þe Bodi þat Brutel is of kuynde. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle v. xiv. (1483) 109. 1557 Dialoge of Comfort (new ed.) iii. xii, in Wks. Sir T. More 1226/1 A brotle man lately made of earthe. 2. figurative. Unstable; inconstant, fickle. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 c1315 Shoreham 5 Man is so brotel Ine his owene kende. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋473 The commendacion of the peple is somtyme ful fals and ful brotel [v.r. brotil, brethil, brutile, brutel]. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3861 His welthe hathe but a brotille stablenesse. Derivatives † ˈbrotelhede n. Obsolete frailty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun] wokenessc1000 unstrengthc1175 frailnessa1300 weaknessa1300 brotelhede1340 frailtyc1384 tendernessa1387 slackness1398 unmain?a1400 unmight?a1400 feebility1413 fragility1474 infirmity1590 strengthlessness1666 feebleness1684 akrasia1806 weediness1860 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 130 Huanne þe man..knauþ his pourhede, þe vilhede, þe brotelhede of his beringe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1315
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