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† ˈbrotelness Obs. [f. prec. + -ness.] Frailty, fickleness; insecurity, uncertainty.
c1386Chaucer Merch. T. 35 On brutil ground thay bulde, and brutelnesse Thay fynde, whan thay wene sikernesse. a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1 The brotilnesse of hir nature. c1430Lydg. Bochas ii. xiii. (1554) 53 a, God..preserue your variaunt brotilnesse. |