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brute

Pronunciation: /bɹuːt/

The English word “brute” has 11 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
  2. Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
  3. Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
  4. Crude, unpolished.
  5. Strong, blunt, and spontaneous; being purely physical in nature.
  6. Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.

noun

  1. An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
  2. A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted.
  3. A kind of powerful spotlight.
  4. One who has not yet matriculated.

verb

  1. To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.

Etymology

From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru).

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