broos

• IPA^(key): /broːs/

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• Hyphenation: broos
• Rhymes: -oːs

From Middle Dutch broosc.

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

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

• broosheid

• → Papiamentu: bròs
• → Sranan Tongo: brosu

broos f (plural brozen, diminutive broosje n)

1. (obsolete) cothurnus

• toneellaars