bruit
[ broot ]
/ brut /
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
OTHER WORDS FROM bruit
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British Dictionary definitions for bruit
bruit
/ (bruːt) /
verb
(tr; often passive usually foll by about)
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
Word Origin for bruit
C15: via French from Medieval Latin
brūgītus, probably from Vulgar Latin
bragere (unattested) to yell + Latin
rugīre to roar
Medical definitions for bruit
bruit
[ brōō′ē ]
n.
A sound, especially an abnormal one, heard in auscultation.