Bricken

//ˈbɹɪkən// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of brick. archaic, not-comparable

    "[…] in this country, I say, where the people pass at least seven-eighths of their time within doors, it is but natural that the word home should have extended itself into something more than a mere covering—a bricken case for our bodies (like the Italian casa)."

Example

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"[…] in this country, I say, where the people pass at least seven-eighths of their time within doors, it is but natural that the word home should have extended itself into something more than a mere covering—a bricken case for our bodies (like the Italian casa)."

Etymology

From brick + -en.

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