† ˈbruckleness Obs. exc. dial.
[f. bruckle a. + -ness.]
‘Bruckle’ quality or condition; frailty.
| 1423 Jas. I King's Q. cxciv, Pray the reder..Of his gudnesse thy brukilnesse to knytt. a 1560 Rolland Crt. Venus ii. 962 Full of brukilnes. a 1605 Montgomerie Flyting l. 611 Fecklesse foolishnes and beastly bruklenes. |