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brackish

adjective

/ˈbrækɪʃ/

Meaning

Slightly salty, often describing water that is a mix of fresh and seawater.

The river estuary contained brackish water.

salty, saline, salty-tasting, briny

fresh, pure

brackish water, brackish taste, brackish lagoon

Showing inventiveness and skill; clever, original, and inventive.

Willing to take risks; bold and adventurous.

Having an abnormal interest in disturbing or unpleasant subjects such as death or disease.

loved or cherished; sometimes used as a polite form of address

lacking foresight or consideration for the future; myopic

arranged in a pattern of repeated shapes fitting together without gaps