b 3 r 1 i 1 m 3 s 1 t 1 o 1 n 1 e 1
9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an old name for sulfur
originFrom Middle English brymston, brimston, bremston, forms of brinston, brenston, bernston, from Old English brynstān (“brimstone”, literally “burn-stone”), equivalent to burn + stone. Cognate with Scots brunstane (“brimstone”), Icelandic brennisteinn (“sulfur / sulphur, brimstone”), German Bernstein (“amber”). Compare also brimfire. More at burn, stone. Although once a synonym for sulfur, the word…
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