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brute

1  [broot]
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–noun
1. a nonhuman creature; beast.
2. a brutal, insensitive, or crude person.
3. the animal qualities, desires, etc., of humankind: Father felt that rough games brought out the brute in us.
–adjective
4. animal; not human.
5. not characterized by intelligence or reason; irrational.
6. characteristic of animals; of brutal character or quality.
7. savage; cruel: brute force.
8. carnal; sensual.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < MF < L brūtus heavy, devoid of feeling, irrational

Related forms:
brutelike, adjective
brutely, adverb
bruteness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See animal.
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brute

2  [broot]
–verb (used with object), brut⋅ed, brut⋅ing.
to shape (a diamond) by rubbing with another diamond or a diamond chip.
Origin:
back formation from bruting a rough hewing (of a diamond), partial trans. of F brutage lit., a roughing, equiv. to brut rough, raw (see brute 1 ) + -age -age
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brute   (brōōt)   
n.  

  1. An animal; a beast.

  2. A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.

adj.  

  1. Of or relating to beasts; animal: "None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter" (Henry David Thoreau).

  2. Characteristic of a brute, especially:

    1. Entirely physical: brute force.

    2. Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence: a brute impulse.

    3. Savage; cruel: brute coercion.

    4. Unremittingly severe: was driven to steal food through brute necessity.

  3. Coarse; brutish.


[From Middle English, nonhuman, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus, stupid; see gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
brut'ism n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

brute  (adj.)
c.1460, "of or belonging to animals," from M.Fr. brut "coarse, brutal," from L. brutus "heavy, dull, stupid," an Oscan word, from PIE base *gwer- "heavy." Before reaching Eng. meaning expanded to "of the lower animals." Used of human beings from 1535. The noun is from 1611. Brutal in the sense of "cruel" is from 1641; earlier "rude, stupid" (1510); in the original animal sense it is from c.1450.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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