BRYTHONIC
\bɹɪθˈɒnɪk], \bɹɪθˈɒnɪk], \b_ɹ_ɪ_θ_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k]\
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br[=i]th-on'ik, adj. a name introduced by Prof. Rhys for the second of the two great divisions of Celtic ethnology. The Goidelic or Gadhelic group embraces Irish, Manx, and Gaelic; the Brythonic group, Welsh, Breton, and Cornish. [Brython, one of the Welsh words for the Welsh and so-called Ancient Britons.]
By Thomas Davidson