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caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle'' and `brickly'' are dialectal" breakable (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured untempered lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman" coldhearted |
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