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brittleness|ˈbrɪt(ə)lnɪs| [f. brittle a. + -ness.] The quality of being brittle; fragility.
1488Caxton Chast. Goddes Chyld. 95 Thou sholdest know..thyne owne bretilnesse and unmighte to stonde. 1548Hall Chron. (1809) 547 Remembrynge the brytilnes of your promise. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. viii. §1 (1681) 154 The brittleness of the inner stalk. 1862Goulburn Pers. Relig. 202 The extreme brittleness and frailty of the human will. 1869Roscoe Elem. Chem. 178 Hardness, brittleness, and tenacity, are physical properties of great importance. |