bricky

American  

[brik-ee] / ˈbrɪk i /

adjective

brickier, brickiest

1. constructed of, made of, or resembling bricks.

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bricky British  

/ ˈbrɪkɪ /

adjective

1. made of bricks, or like a brick

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noun

1. a variant spelling of brickie

Etymology

Origin of bricky

First recorded in 1590–1600; brick + -y ¹

Example Sentences

"Look at these spaces," says chief designer Simeon Bruner, marveling at the hulking, bricky, fortress-of-industry buildings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Look at the round things about the sun in the bricky Claude, the smallest of the three Seaports in the National Gallery.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

It really looked quite neat and attractive, and not too formally bricky, as so much cement showed.

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard

The edifice, although quaint, and rather poor-looking at first sight, owing to its bricky complexion, will bear close examination; indeed, the more you look at it and the better you become reconciled to its proportions.

From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

Her bricky teeth flung far and wide, On virgin fields my London browses, The amaranthine plains are pied With nutty little bijou houses.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir