Why does the order of adjectives matter?

Question

Even though saying “the big brown brick wall” means the same as saying “the brick brown big wall”, the second feels so very wrong.

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Answer 1

I find it fascinating that native speakers don’t learn this but it comes instinctually. Second language learners find this (understandably!) very difficult and it’s hard for me to help them learn this because I can’t describe “the why” either!