US /ˈbritʃi/ UK /ˈbriːtʃi/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of livestock, apt to break through fences; unruly

    The breachy heifer kept escaping into the neighbor's corn.

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Synonyms
1 adj · of livestock, apt to break... unrulywildunmanageablefence-breaking
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Word family
Related forms breachbreakerbreak

Etymology

From breach ('a break, gap') + the adjectival suffix -y. Breach comes from Old English bryce ('a breaking'), from brecan ('to break').

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