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Words with many meanings

This week’s words
dobber
bruit
cameo
pillbox
plight

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PRONUNCIATION:

(broot)

MEANING:

noun:	1. Rumor.
	2. Report.
	3. Noise.
	4. An abnormal sound heard in internal organs in the body during auscultation.
verb tr.:	1. To report.
	2. To repeat.
	3. To spread a rumor.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Anglo-Norman bruire (to make a noise), from Latin brugere, a blending of rugire (to roar) + bragire (to bray). Earliest documented use: 1400.

USAGE:

“And the bruit -- which the Mayo doctor listened for months earlier -- is not always present.”
Lisa Sanders; Wasting Away; New York Times Magazine; Oct 16, 2016.

“When Giannini was fired, the fashion press bruited about many names as possible successors.”
Rebecca Mead; Costume Drama; The New Yorker; Sep 19, 2016.

See more usage examples of bruit in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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