brute

Definitions


[bruːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a savagely violent person or animal
(e.g: he was a cold-blooded brute)

- an animal as opposed to a human being
(e.g: we, unlike dumb brutes, can reflect upon our impulses)


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Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French brut(e), from Latin brutus ‘dull, stupid’


[bruːt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- characterized by an absence of reasoning or intelligence
(e.g: a brute struggle for social superiority)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French brut(e), from Latin brutus ‘dull, stupid’




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