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bracketlike

adj

Etymology

From bracket + -like.

  1. derived from *brōks✻ — “leggings, breeches, trousers”
  2. derived from *brāca✻
  3. derived from brāca — “pants”
  4. derived from braga
  5. derived from brague — “knickers, britches”
  6. derived from braguette
  7. inherited from *braget✻
  8. suffixed as bracketlike — “bracket + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bracket.

    • For the past decade, the politics of the country has been defined by this map — a conservative heartland and two bracketlike liberal coasts.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA