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Definition brute

Etymology 1

From Middle French brut, from Latin br?tus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *g?réh?us. Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (barús), Persian ????‎ (gerân) and Sanskrit ???? (gurú) (English guru).

Adjective

brute (comparative more brute, superlative most brute)

1. Without reason or intelligence (of animals). [from 15th c.]
2. Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). [from 16th c.]
3. Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. [from 16th c.]
4. Crude, unpolished. [from 17th c.]
5. Strong, blunt, and spontaneous.
6. Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless.

Noun

brute (plural brutes)

1. (archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]
2. A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person. [from 17th c.]
3. (archaic, Britain, Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.

Verb

brute (third-person singular simple present brutes, present participle bruting, simple past and past participle bruted)

1. (transitive) To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.

Etymology 2

Verb

brute (third-person singular simple present brutes, present participle bruting, simple past and past participle bruted)

1. Obsolete spelling of bruit

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