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Word of the Day for Thursday, June 16, 2011brindled \BRIN-dld\, adjective: Gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots. With each circuit he went faster and faster, until he looked like a brindled streak with a dash of black and white on top. They went thither to fetch some, leaving Cadmus stretched on the ground along with the brindled cow; for, now that he had found a place of rest, it seemed as if all the weariness of his pilgrimage, ever since he left King Aegnor's palace, had fallen upon him at once. Brindled is alteration of brinded "brown or marked as if with brands" with -le, perhaps influenced by words like speckled, etc. | |||||||||
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