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.

Origin of bruit

1400–50; late Middle English (noun) < Anglo-French, Old French, noun use of past participle of bruire to roar < Vulgar Latin *brūgere, a conflation of Latin rūgīre to bellow and Vulgar Latin *bragere; see bray¹

Related formsbruit·er, noun

Can be confusedbruit brute

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Related Words for bruits

noise, blazon, disseminate, whisper, promulgate, broadcast, spread, propagate, report, gossip, advertise, circulate

Examples from the Web for bruits

Historical Examples of bruits

Meanwhile there were bruits of great doings in the north of Lincolnshire.
Hereward, The Last of the English
Charles Kingsley
Ans.No, it iz an alterative; it alters dollars into pence, and men into bruits.
The Complete Works of Josh Billings
Henry W. Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for bruits

bruit

verb

(tr; often passive usually foll by about) to report; rumourit was bruited about that the king was dead

noun

med an abnormal sound heard within the body during auscultation, esp a heart murmur
archaic
1. a rumour
2. a loud outcry; clamour

Word Origin for bruit

C15: via French from Medieval Latin brūgītus, probably from Vulgar Latin bragere (unattested) to yell + Latin rugīre to roar

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Word Origin and History for bruits

bruit

"to report," 1520s, from bruit (n.) "rumor, tiding, fame, renown" (mid-15c.), from French bruit (n.), from bruire "to make noise, roar," of uncertain origin. Related: Bruited; bruiting.

bruits in Medicine

bruit

[brōō′ē]

A sound, especially an abnormal one, heard in auscultation.