brack·ish  (br ăk ĭsh)
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adj.1. a. Being or containing water that is somewhat salty but less salty than sea water. b. Having a somewhat salty taste or smell: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife / Here in Nantucket" (Robert Lowell). 2. Distasteful; unpalatable: a thin, brackish gruel.
[From Dutch brak.]
brackish·ness n. |
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