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  brut

  adjective

  (of wine, especially champagne) very dry.
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  Brut

  noun

  any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.

brut

¹ American  

[broot, bryt] / brut, brüt /

adjective

1. (of wine, especially champagne) very dry.

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Brut ² American  

[broot] / brut /

noun

1. any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.

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brut British  

/ bryt, bruːt /

adjective

1. (of champagne) not sweet; dry

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Etymology

Origin of brut¹

1890–95; < French: raw; see brute ²

Origin of Brut²

1300–50; Middle English < Old French < Medieval Latin Brūtus

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Example Sentences

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Still reeling after August wildfires ravaged his hometown of Lahaina, he doesn’t want to serve tourists, pouring brut champagne or topping their mai tais with honey-liliko’i foam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

Emmanuel Macron, three weeks from turning 45, raised a slender crystal Baccarat flute of California brut rosé to President Biden, freshly 80, whose vessel reportedly contained the divine elixir of the teetotaler: ginger ale.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

When, in other contexts, you would say dry, the word in Champagne is brut.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

Hood Winery nonvintage Van Horn Estate Vineyard brut cuvée, Columbia Gorge, $52: Hood River native Rich Cushman produces gold medals for a number of Gorge clients.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2021

The vin brut here, inferior of course to that of Ay, found a ready market at from five to six hundred francs the pièce.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Henry Vizetelly

He famously did an advert for Brut aftershave with British boxer Henry Cooper, as well as the "Green Cross Code" road safety campaign.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

It’s considered one of the top Champagne cuvées in the world—and costs six or seven times as much as this Pol Roger Brut Réserve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Bricoleur Vineyards’ Brut & Caviar Celebration Set will delight your favorite bougie friend.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

It will be streamed live on Brut internationally and air on France 2 within France.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

But the silly copy of Brut y Brenhinoedd, in a modern hand there, is not worth talking of.—How do you know it is the same with the Bodleian? 

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evan Evans

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