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brat

   [brat]
noun
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
Origin:
1495–1505; perhaps transferred use of brat rag, Old English bratt cloak < Celtic; compare Irish brat mantle, cloak

Related forms
brat·tish, adjective
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  • Even in a reeling economy, the rich spoiled brat is a fashion and cultural heroine.
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World English Dictionary
brat1 (bræt)
 
—n
a child, esp one who is ill-mannered or unruly: used contemptuously or playfully
 
[C16: perhaps special use of earlier brat rag, from Old English bratt cloak, of Celtic origin; related to Old Irish bratt cloth, brat²]

brat2 (bræt)
 
—n
dialect (Northern English) an apron or overall
 
[from Old English brat cloak; related to Old Irish bratt cloth used to cover the body]

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Word Origin & History

brat
c.1500, slang, "beggar's child," originally northern, Midlands and western England dialect word for "makeshift or ragged garment;" probably the same word as O.E. bratt "cloak," which is from a Celtic source (cf. O.Ir. bratt "cloak, cloth"). The modern meaning is perhaps from notion of "child's apron."
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Bratty is first recorded 1961. Hollywood Brat Pack (modeled on 1950s Rat Pack) is from 1985.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
brat
bratwurst
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