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briskness

  • /ˈbɹɪsk.nəs/ UK

noun brisknesses

  1. uncountable, usually The property of being brisk. [John] Evelyn was astonished at the immense number of pictures he saw in the Dutch fairs. He attributes the briskness of the trade in paintings to the necessary limitations of the country. The farmer or the citizen of sea-locked Holland, unable to lay out his gains on tracts of land, found a medium

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@misc{briskness_2026,
  title = {briskness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/briskness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}