ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bruit

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /bɹuːt/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Bruit is a noun meaning (uncountable, archaic) Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.

Meaning

(uncountable, archaic) Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.

(countable, obsolete) A clamour, an outcry; a noise.
(transitive, archaic in British, current in the US) To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.
(medicine) An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur.

Brother, we will proclaime you out of hand, / The bruit thereof will bring you many friends.

The bruits of a treaty between the United Provinces and the United States, are as true as moſt of the bruits.

But yet I loue my Country, and am not / One that reioyces in the common wracke, / As common bruite doth put it.

Common bruit!—Is virtue to be eſtabliſhed by common bruit only?—Has her virtue ever been proved?—Who has dared to try her virtue?

Depending on context, synonyms include rumor, rumour.

Related dictionary entries include rumor, rumour, talk, whisper, murmur, rattle.

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