Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An edible flatfish (Scophthalmus rhombus) of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flatfish, Bothus or Rhombus lavis, of the family Pleuronectidæ.
- noun A small and very bony flounder of New Zealand, Caulopsetta scaphus, of the family Pleuronectidæ. The name was transferred from the true brill of Europe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fish allied to the turbot (
Rhombus levis ), much esteemed in England for food; -- called alsobret ,pearl ,prill . Seebret .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
flatfish , Scophthalmus rhombus. - adjective UK, slang
Wonderful ,clever ,amusing . Denotesapproval of the noun it is applied to, comparable to "cool ".
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun European food fish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I also bought some brill which is a lovely fish (similar to Dover sole) and really underrated.
London SE1 community website galileoorganicfarm 2010
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I also bought some brill which is a lovely fish (similar to Dover sole) and really underrated.
London SE1 community website galileoorganicfarm 2010
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I also bought some brill which is a lovely fish (similar to Dover sole) and really underrated.
London SE1 community website galileoorganicfarm 2010
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Not so brill Down Under, mind you. on May 4, 2010 at 2: 24 pm matt
How Did It Come To This? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Other dishes were very good: brill with a broth of onions, clams and borlotti beans; roast baby chicken with spicy potatoes; and a lovely, not too sweet white chocolate and hazelnut semifreddo served with cocoa sauce.
Restaurant: Tinello, London SW1 John Lanchester 2010
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# Arrowon 24 Mar 2009 at 10: 59 pm brill! thank god she was saved from the wretched fate of poetry. yay Ada, our very first cybergrrl.
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So brill, in fact, we missed our last train back to Helsinki and had no choice but to bus it.
Adventures of a Couch-Hopping Scribbler Part 3: Hail, Helsinki! Hal Duncan 2010
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Yes, its messages about the “truth” of the period can be underwhelming, but then again most TV shows are less than brill in the insight department – and I include the much-vaunted Sopranos in that list, which had me shouting, “Oh puh-leeeze!” every time I watched it.
All the mad men and all the mad women can't tell a joke to save their lives 2009
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So brill, in fact, we missed our last train back to Helsinki and had no choice but to bus it.
Archive 2010-06-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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You think that's brill, wait until you see what else it can do.
New FIC...Afterlife...a fix-it fic for JE sensiblecat 2009
thestephy commented on the word brill
brill is also used as a short form for the word "brilliant". I first heard it used in 1982, by Larry M. West, of Chicago, Illinois
June 15, 2009