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brindled (BRIN-dld) - adj., brownish, tawny, or gray with darker streaks or spots.
Almost always used of animal coats:
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Alteration (after the model of grizzled, speckled, and other color words) of Middle English brended, probably from brende, past participle of brennen, to burn, from from Old English bærnan, to burn. So literally, looking like it has scorch marks.
---L.
Almost always used of animal coats:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
Alteration (after the model of grizzled, speckled, and other color words) of Middle English brended, probably from brende, past participle of brennen, to burn, from from Old English bærnan, to burn. So literally, looking like it has scorch marks.
---L.
