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bristle

/bˈɹɪsəl/BRIH-suhl
/bˈɹɪsəl/BRIH-suhl

Meaningstiff hair

Common meaning: short stiff hair

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√BHARS‘be stiff or bristling’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 237, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Englishbyrst‘stiff hair’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishbristlesource
  4. Englishbristle‘short stiff hair’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English byrst ‘stiff hair’.

Roots

  • byrst Old English “stiff hair”

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