I learned a new word today
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I knew the second definition of the noun, known it for years. But...
bruit | bro͞ot |
verb [with object and adverbial]
spread (a report or rumor) widely: I didn't want to have our relationship bruited about the office.
noun
1 archaic a report or rumor: the wildest bruits were greedily credited | [mass noun] : is virtue to be established by common bruit only?
2 Medicine a sound, especially an abnormal one, heard through a stethoscope; a murmur.We always pronounced it "Brew-ey."
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@jon-nyc said in I learned a new word today:
It’s the word for “noise” in French and they pronounce it like you do
Yeah, I knew that, and I've heard lots of carotid bruits.
But, I've never heard it used as a verb like that, with a totally different meaning. Probably different etymologies.
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