Pronounced: fah-tuh more-GAH-nuh, noun
Notes: I think I’ve run across this phrase in reading, but I could not define it
Yesterday’s word
The word bruit means, as a noun
- rumor
- report
- noise
As a verb, the word means
- to report
- to repeat
- to spread a rumor
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1400s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Anglo-Norman word bruire (to make a noise), which came from the Latin word brugere, which is a blend of rugire (to roar) and bragire (to bray). I seem to remember reading somewhere the phrase “it has been bruited about…” — but I have no idea where I read it.
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