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bruit

[ broot ]
/ brut /
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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.

RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

  1. bruhn, erik,
  2. bruin,
  3. bruise,
  4. bruiser,
  5. bruising,
  6. brule,
  7. brulee,
  8. brulé,
  9. brumaire,
  10. brumal

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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British Dictionary definitions for bruits

bruit

/ (bruːt) /

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

v.

"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.

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Medicine definitions for bruits

bruit

[ brōō′ē ]

n.

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