† burnikatadj.
Etymology: < Old French bruniquet in ‘safren bruniquet’ (see Godefroy); probably some sort of diminutive of brun brown n.
Obsolete.
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c1503 R. Arnold f. lxxxix v/1 (list) Burnijkat safraen.
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