brute

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Verb 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Anagrams 3 Italian 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin brūtus (“‘dull, stupid, insensible’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: bro͞ot, IPA: /bruːt/, SAMPA: /bru:t/
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  Rhymes: -uːt

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brute (plural brutes)

1. An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.
2. A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
3. A large, savage looking man.

   One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."

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• brutal
• brutality
• brute force
• brutish

[edit] Verb

to 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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brute (comparative more brute, superlative most brute)

1. Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
2. Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence.
4. Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
5. Rough; uncivilized; unfeeling.
6. Purely physical.
7. (comparable) Harsh; blunt
   • 2006, Howard Richards, Joanna Swanger, The Dilemmas of Social Democracies: Overcoming Obstacles to a More Just World, page 45:

     The related notion that some facts are relatively more brute than others hearkens back to the ancient metaphysics of Aristotle

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• buret
• rebut
• tuber

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brute f.

1. Feminine of brut.

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• buter
• rebut

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[edit] Adjective

brute f.

1. Feminine plural form of bruto

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• turbe