broos

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -oːs

Etymology 1

Alternative forms
  • bros (only used in the literal, physical sense)

Adjective

broos (comparative brozer, superlative meest broos or broost)

  1. (literally) brittle, crisp, physically fragile with a tendency to break into small pieces
  2. (figuratively) fragile, perishable, vulnerable, weak, e.g. said of short-lived beauty
Inflection
Inflection of broos
uninflected broos
inflected broze
comparative brozer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial broosbrozerhet broost
het brooste
indefinite m./f. sing. brozebrozerebrooste
n. sing. broosbrozerbrooste
plural brozebrozerebrooste
definite brozebrozerebrooste
partitive broosbrozers—
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

broos f (plural brozen, diminutive broosje n)

  1. (obsolete) cothurnus
Synonyms
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