Bruit Definition

bro͝ot
bruits
verb
bruits
To spread a report of; rumor.
Webster's New World

(US, archaic British) To spread, promulgate or disseminate a rumour, news etc.

Wiktionary
noun
bruits
An abnormal sound heard in auscultation.
American Heritage Medicine
Rumor.
Webster's New World
Clamor.
Webster's New World
(archaic) Rumour, talk, hearsay.
Wiktionary

Origin of Bruit

  • From Middle English noise from Old French past participle of bruire to roar from Vulgar Latin brūgīre (blend of Latin rūgīre) (Vulgar Latin bragere to bray) (of Celtic origin)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French bruit.

    From Wiktionary

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