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Webster 1913 Edition
Brackish
Brack′ish
,Adj.
[See
Brack
salt water.] Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.
Springs in deserts found seem sweet, all
brackish
though they be. Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brackish
BRACK'ISH
,Adj.
Definition 2024
brackish
brackish
English
Adjective
brackish (comparative more brackish, superlative most brackish)
- (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- ...by a low courſe and too long ſporting with the briny Ocean it taſts brackiſh and inſalubrious...
- 1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4.
- On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Random House.
- The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Repulsive (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
Translations
slightly salty
distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste
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repulsive — see repulsive