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brat
[brat] 
–noun
| a child, esp. an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation). |
Origin:
1495–1505; perh. transferred use of brat rag, OE bratt cloak < Celt; cf. Ir brat mantle, cloak
1495–1505; perh. transferred use of brat rag, OE bratt cloak < Celt; cf. Ir brat mantle, cloak
Related forms:
brattish, adjective
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| brat 1 (brāt) n.
[Possibly from brat, coarse garment, from Middle English, from Old English bratt, of Celtic origin.] brat'tish adj., brat'tish·ness n. |
| brat 2 (brāt) n. Bratwurst. |
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Brat
Brat\ (br[a^]t), n. [OE. bratt coarse garnment, AS. bratt cloak, fr. the Celtic; cf. W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, rag, Ir. brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib or clout; hence, a child.]1. A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Wright. 3. A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense. "This brat is none of mine." --Shak. "A beggar's brat." --Swift. O Israel! O household of the Lord! O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! --Gascoigne. 4. The young of an animal. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.Brat
Brat\, n. (Mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
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Language Translation for : brat
Spanish:
mocoso, crío,
German:
der Bengel, die Göre,
Japanese:
（わる）がき（子供）
brat
c.1505, slang, "beggar's child," originally northern, midlands and western England dialect "makeshift or ragged garment," probably the same word as O.E. bratt "cloak," from a Celtic source (cf. O.Ir. bratt "cloak, cloth"). The modern meaning is perhaps from notion of "child's apron." Bratty is first recorded 1961.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| brat bratwurst |
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