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单词 brinish
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brinishadj.

/ˈbrʌɪnɪʃ/
Forms: Also (1500s brennish), 1500s–1600s brynish.
Etymology: < brine n. + -ish suffix1.
1.
a. Of the nature of brine; somewhat briny, saltish; of or pertaining to the sea. brinish brink n. the sea-shore.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > brackish or briny
bracka1522
brackisha1552
bracky1582
brinish1594
briny1612
breachy1662
brak1793
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun]
sea-warthc888
sea-rimOE
sea-strandc1000
sandc1275
rive1296
bankc1350
sea-banka1375
sea-coasta1400
coastc1400
warthc1450
ripec1475
landsidec1515
seashore1526
banksidec1540
brinish brink1594
shorea1616
ore1652
outland1698
sea beach1742
table-shore1849
playa1898
treaty coast1899
treaty shore1901
beach1903
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 97 Expecting euer when some enuious surge, Will in his brinish bowels swallow him. View more context for this quotation
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xi. liii Neere to the brinish brinke.
a1639 S. Ward Coal from Altar (1862) 74 Like brinish lights, they sparkle and spit at others.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 634 Streams of brinish water.
1822 Blackwood's Mag. 410 One almost tastes the brinish air.
b. Applied to tears.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] > shed in weeping > attributes of tears
saltc1175
wanc1540
brinish1580
briny1608
shrill1608
swellinga1616
sea-salt1897
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 68v The brynish water that falleth from mine eyes.
1595 R. Barnfield Cassandra lxv, in Cynthia sig. E5v Whose body she emballms, With brennish teares.
1642 W. Prynne Soveraigne Antidote Civill Wars Concl. 31 Which he shall with brinish teares repent.
1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xlix When some sad Passion tries To draw the brinish Humour from your Eyes.
2. figurative. Bitter, nauseous.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > bitterness of heart > [adjective] > bitter to the heart or mind
bitter971
attery?c1225
bitingc1374
salt1513
bitterful?1526
wormwood1594
brinisha1617
a1617 S. Hieron Bargaine of Salt in Wks. (1620) II. 475 These brinish inuectiues are vnsauory.
1652 I. Ambrose Media (ed. 2) iii. 50 What brinish sorrows, and great indignation against sin?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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