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bruit
[ broot ]
verb (used with object)
- to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often followed by about ):
The report was bruited through the village.
noun
- Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- Archaic. rumor; report.
- Archaic. noise; din; clamor.
bruit
/ bruːt /
verb
- tr; often passiveusually foll byabout to report; rumour
it was bruited about that the king was dead
noun
- med an abnormal sound heard within the body during auscultation, esp a heart murmur
- archaic.
- a rumour
- a loud outcry; clamour
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Other Words From
- bruiter noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bruit1
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Example Sentences
Car ils estoyent en grande cholere et en non moindre crainte; mais la cholere faisoit plus de bruit.
When some friend spoke to her of her rival's salon, she exclaimed, "Voil bien du bruit pour une omelette au lard."
Of the royal edicts guaranteeing the Protestants, the last author remarks that "ils firent plus de bruit que de fruit."
Sans se destourner et sans s'arrester au bruit des jappereaux qui crient après luy.
But the one being ashamed of the other, the bruit of their communication came not to the ears of the public.
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