Brook definition
We will brook no further argument.
I will brook no interference.
An example of a brook is a small flow of water along a wooded path.
Origin of brook
- Middle English brouken from Old English brūcan to use, enjoy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrūg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Scots brook, brouk (“to use, enjoy”), West Frisian brûke (“to use”), Dutch bruiken (“to use”), German brauchen (“to need, require, use”), Latin fruor (“enjoy”). Related to fruit.
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English, from Old English brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”), from Proto-Germanic *brōkaz (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *mrāǵ- (“silt, slime”). Cognate with Dutch broek (“marsh, swamp”), German Bruch (“marsh”), Ancient Greek βράγος (brágos, “shallows”) and Albanian bërrak (“swampy soil”).
From Wiktionary