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brickdust

noun

Etymology

From brick + dust.

  1. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻
  2. inherited from *dustą✻
  3. inherited from dūst
  4. inherited from dust
  5. compounded as brickdust — “brick + dust”

Definitions

  1. The dust of bricks.

  2. A dark red color.

  3. Having a dark red color.

    • […] and its brickdust felt carpet strewn with silk, long-fringed Persian rugs.

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