brindled

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brindled

  • /ˈbɹɪndəld/

Where it comes from

An alteration of brinded, probably by association with speckled, grizzled etc.

adjective more brindled · most brindled

  1. Of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted. The palace in a woody vale they found, High raised of stone; a shaded space around; Where mountain wolves and brindled lions roam, (By magic tamed,) familiar to the dome.

    Similar: brindlish

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of brindle Apples, these I mean, unspeakably fair [...] - some brindled with deep red streaks like a cow, or with hundreds of fine blood-red rays running regularly from the stem-dimple to the blossom-end, like meridional lines, on a straw-colored ground, [...]

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adj streaky, spotted

Españolaleonado
Deutschgesprenkelt, gestreift
Русскийпятни́стый pjatnístyj, полоса́тый polosátyj, пёстрый pjóstryj

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@misc{brindled_2026,
  title = {brindled},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brindled},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}