Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hasty; violent; fierce.
- noun Violence; fierceness.
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- adjective
Hasty ;violent ;fierce ;strong . - noun
Violence ;fierceness ;anger ;fury ;fit ofrage .
Etymologies
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From Middle English brath, broth, braith, from Old Norse bráðr ("hasty, sudden"), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- (“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”). Cognate with Icelandic bráður ("quick, hasty, excited"), Swedish bråd ("hasty, sudden, urgent"), Danish bråd ("hasty, sudden"). Related to breath, brew.
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From Middle English brath, from Old Norse bráð ("haste"), from Old Norse bráðr ("hasty"). See above.
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Examples
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Don't hold your brath waiting for the Juliani nomination.
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Angus, with the tears in his eyes; and then in his own emphatic language -- _ach s'eagal leam, aon chuid dhuibhse na dhomhsa nach tig fios na forfhais oiree gu brath_ -- (but great is my fear that neither to you, sir, nor to me shall word of her safety, or message from her at all ever arrive).
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'S cha chaith 's cha chnamh e gu brath n 'am feasd
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Stevey, and she could ha 'blow in it wi' her brath and beat it wi 'her bonnet to mak' a big blaze coom sune. "
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