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brouhaha - 3 dictionary results

brou⋅ha⋅ha

[broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah]
–noun
1. excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo: The brouhaha followed disclosures of graft at City Hall.
2. an episode involving excitement, confusion, turmoil, etc., esp. a broil over a minor or ridiculous cause: A brouhaha by the baseball players resulted in three black eyes.

Origin:
1885–90; < F, orig. brou, ha, ha! exclamation used by characters repr. the devil in the 16th-cent. drama; perh. < Heb, distortion of the recited phrase bārūkh habbā (beshēm ădhōnai) “blessed is he who comes (in the name of the Lord)” (Ps. 118:26)
brou·ha·ha   (brōō'hä-hä')   
n.  An uproar; a hubbub.

[French, of imitative origin.]

brouhaha 
1890, from Fr. brouhaha (1552), said to have been, in medieval theater, "the cry of the devil disguised as clergy." Perhaps from Heb. barukh habba' "blessed be the one who comes," used on public occasions.
Language Translation for : brouhaha
Spanish: algarabía, alboroto, bullicio, griterío,
German: das Stimmengewirr,
Japanese: がやがや
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