caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

[ Syn: toffee , toffy ]

having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; brittle bones; glass is brittle; `brickle and `brickly are dialectal

[ Syn: brickle , brickly ]

lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; a brittle and calculating woman'

(of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured

[ Syn: unannealed ]