brittle
IPA: brˈɪtʌɫ
noun
- A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
- (by extension) Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To become brittle.
- (transitive, obsolete) To gut.
adjective
- Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
- Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
- (archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
- Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
- (engineering, computing, of a system) Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
- (informal, proscribed) Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
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