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prettygoodwordbruit - v., to spread news of, rumor. n., rumor, report, noise, din, clamor; (Med.) an unusual sound made by blood as it flows past an obstruction in an artery,
The verb is the most common meaning today -- the non-medical noun senses are marked "archaic" in many dictionaries. From Middle English, from Old French, from bruire, to roar, from conjuctural Vulgar Latin form *brūgere, which is a conflation of Latin rūgīre, to bellow with another conjectural Vulgar Latin form *bragere,to bray, of purported Celtic origin.
ObTrivia: The ICD-9 codes for a bruit is 785.9. Don't bruit it about.
---L.
The verb is the most common meaning today -- the non-medical noun senses are marked "archaic" in many dictionaries. From Middle English, from Old French, from bruire, to roar, from conjuctural Vulgar Latin form *brūgere, which is a conflation of Latin rūgīre, to bellow with another conjectural Vulgar Latin form *bragere,to bray, of purported Celtic origin.
ObTrivia: The ICD-9 codes for a bruit is 785.9. Don't bruit it about.
---L.
