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• brill
  brill

  noun

  a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
• Brill
  Brill

  noun

  A(braham) A(rden), 1874–1948, U.S. psychoanalyst and author, born in Austria.

brill

¹ American  

[bril] / brɪl /

noun

plural

brills,

plural

brill

1. a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.

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Brill ² American  

[bril] / brɪl /

noun

1. A(braham) A(rden), 1874–1948, U.S. psychoanalyst and author, born in Austria.

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brill ¹ British  

/ brɪl /

noun

1. a European food fish, Scophthalmus rhombus , a flatfish similar to the turbot but lacking tubercles on the body: family Bothidae

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brill ² British  

/ brɪl /

adjective

1. slang excellent or wonderful

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Etymology

Origin of brill

First recorded in 1475–85; of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

“Every time you get one out of the way, you are still looking over your shoulder to see if something else is to come,” said Matt Brill, Invesco’s head of North America investment-grade credit.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Matt Brill, a senior portfolio manager and head of North American investment-grade credit at Invesco, said his team favors short-term bonds on a belief that coming economic data will push the Fed to continue cutting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

Sedaka and Greenfield weren’t the only Brill Building songwriters to command Francis’ attention: She developed a romance with a pre-fame Bobby Darin, who was chased away by her father.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

There was a leading role as Edward "Brill" Lyle, the computer genius in the 1998 film, Enemy of the State, where he starred alongside Will Smith in a frightening tale of government surveillance.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

Down in the kitchen Mrs. Brill was reading the paper with her spectacles perched on her nose.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers