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broket

noun

Etymology

Blend of broken + bracket.

  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. compounded as broket — “broken + bracket”

Definitions

  1. An angle bracket

    An angle bracket: either of the symbols < and > when used as an enclosing pair.

    • Electronic addresses, logins, and passwords are shown enclosed in brokets such as: . The brokets are not part of the addresses.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for broket. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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