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brackish
(brak′is̸h)
adjective
- somewhat salty, as the water of some marshes near the sea
- having an unpleasant taste; nauseating
Origin: earlier Scot brack < MDu brak, salty (< IE *bhrogos < base *bher-, to cut > brine) + -ish
Related Forms:
- brackishness noun
See brackish in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Having a somewhat salty taste, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water: “You could cut the brackish winds with a knife/Here in Nantucket” (Robert Lowell).
- Distasteful; unpalatable: a thin, brackish gruel.
Origin:
Origin: From Dutch brak
.Related Forms:
- brackˈish·ness noun
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