brinded

adjective /ˈbɹɪndɪd/

1. Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled.

   archaic

   Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd.

2. Frowning, looking sour or angry.

   'Sa bibbling, boostering, brinded chap, A dinderhead hadge-boar!

   Lawks, doant be clummed by Babbin Enapp,

Where it comes from

From Middle English brended (“burnt, branded”), from bren (“burned, branded”), from the past participle of brennen (“to burn”), from Old English bærnan (“to burn”). Also compare Old Norse brǫndóttr, Icelandic bröndóttr (“brindled”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry brinded (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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