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brute

1[broot]
–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


brutelike, adjective
brutely, adverb
bruteness, noun


1. See animal.
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