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briny

US/ˈbɹaɪni/ rare archaic informal obsolete
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

any very large body of (salt) water

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adjective

1.

slightly salty

  • “a brackish lagoon”
  • “the briny deep”
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Origin uncertain, possibly from Middle English brine (“act of burning; fire”, noun), from Old English bryne (“act of burning; fire, flame; heat”), from Proto-Germanic *bruniz (“act of burning; fire”), from *brinnaną (“to be on fire, burn”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”).

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