Associations to the word «Bruit»
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Wiktionary
BRUIT, noun. (archaic) Rumour, talk, hearsay.
BRUIT, noun. (medicine) An abnormal sound heard on auscultation. (French pronunciation)
BRUIT, verb. (US) (archaic British) to spread, promulgate or disseminate a rumour, news etc.
Dictionary definition
BRUIT, verb. Tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.