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Today's Word "bruit"

To report on

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bruit \BROOT\ (transitive verb) - To report; to noise abroad.

"You can come to me or refrain from doing so... provided that your distraction ceases hereafter. I ask only that you do not bruit this matter about, either way." -- Piers Anthony, 'Key to Havoc'

 

Bruit comes from Old French, from the past participle of bruire, "to roar."


 

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