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brut

1

[ broot; French bryt ]

adjective

  1. (of wine, especially champagne) very dry.


Brut

2

[ broot ]

noun

  1. any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.

brut

/ bryt; bruːt /

adjective

  1. (of champagne) not sweet; dry


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Word History and Origins

Origin of brut1

1890–95; < French: raw; brute 2

Origin of brut2

1300–50; Middle English < Old French < Medieval Latin Brūtus

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Word History and Origins

Origin of brut1

C19: from French raw, rough, from Latin brūtus heavy; see brute

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Example Sentences

The label also makes a brut nature and a rosé that are great values and candidates for celebrations such as Mother’s Day or weddings.

Reducing the level of added sugar can take a brut to extra brut or even brut nature.

Extra dry, for example, is actually sweeter than brut, which is drier than demi-sec, which is somewhat sweet.

I selected an object—a bottle of Brut cologne—and was ushered into a second smaller room.

Most orchards usually have two types: Demi-Sec, or semi-sweet, and Cidre Brut, which is a dry cider.

I also passed through Brut, situated on a river that divides the kingdom of Hungary from the duchy of Austria.

The vin brut here, inferior of course to that of Ay, found a ready market at from five to six hundred francs the pice.

In 1873 the vin brut commanded the exceptionally large sum of 1,030 francs the hogshead of 44 gallons.

Salutabunt benigne, comiter appellabunt unumquemque nostrum; and Brut.

In the first group, "Brut d'Angleterre" contains the mythical story of all the early English kings.

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