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brackishness noun
Did you know?
When the word brackish first appeared in English in the 1500s, it simply meant "salty," as did its Dutch parent brak. (English speakers also adopted the synonymous brack from the same source but it gets very little use.) Then, as now, brackish was used to describe water that was a mixture of saltwater and freshwater, such as one encounters where a river meets the sea. Since that time, however, brackish has developed the additional meanings of "unpalatable" and "repulsive," presumably because of the oozy, mucky, and sometimes stinky (or stinkyish, if you prefer)—not just salty—qualities of coastal estuaries and swamps.
Synonyms
Example Sentences
the office coffee is often some brackish brew that's been sitting around for a couple of hours the river becomes brackish as we approach the tidemark
Recent Examples on the Web The incomprehensible expanse of reeds emerging from brackish water was teeming with birdlife. 
Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022 Newsom spoke about the plan in Antioch, where a desalination plant is being built to treat brackish water. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 The plant will be the state’s first inland desalination plant for brackish surface water, said John Samuelson, the city engineer and director of public works. Kathleen Ronayne, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2022 As brackish water rose over Highway 15, the Troublesome Creek didn't show any sign of letting people in Breathitt County rest. Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2022 But at high tide, the creek flows upstream, as if backward, and broadens into a brackish pond. Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022 Little Lagoon, once a fishing mecca for mullet and flounder, has long been transformed into a brackish waterway infiltrated with algae blooms. al, 12 Aug. 2022 Dunes protected the homes, but when Dorian hit, seawater cut through the sand and reached the brackish lagoon on the other side of the gravel road, destroying several cottages in the process. Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022 Scientists realized the Atchafalaya could soon steal the Mississippi’s might; the final 500 kilometers of the river would shrivel into a brackish creek—a big problem, given that New Orleans relies on the river for drinking water. Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022 See More
Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022 Newsom spoke about the plan in Antioch, where a desalination plant is being built to treat brackish water. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022 The plant will be the state’s first inland desalination plant for brackish surface water, said John Samuelson, the city engineer and director of public works. Kathleen Ronayne, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2022 As brackish water rose over Highway 15, the Troublesome Creek didn't show any sign of letting people in Breathitt County rest. Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2022 But at high tide, the creek flows upstream, as if backward, and broadens into a brackish pond. Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022 Little Lagoon, once a fishing mecca for mullet and flounder, has long been transformed into a brackish waterway infiltrated with algae blooms. al, 12 Aug. 2022 Dunes protected the homes, but when Dorian hit, seawater cut through the sand and reached the brackish lagoon on the other side of the gravel road, destroying several cottages in the process. Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022 Scientists realized the Atchafalaya could soon steal the Mississippi’s might; the final 500 kilometers of the river would shrivel into a brackish creek—a big problem, given that New Orleans relies on the river for drinking water. Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Dutch brac salty; akin to Middle Low German brac salty
First Known Use
circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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