- brogue
- n.
1) to speak (in, with) a brogue
2) a heavy, incomprehensible, thick brogue
* * *[brəʊg]thick broguea heavyto speak (in, with) a brogue
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
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Brogue — Brogue, n. [Ir. & Gael. brog shoe, hoof.] 1. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan. [1913 Webster] Note: In the Highlands of Scotland, the ancient brogue was made of horsehide or deerskin, untanned or tenned with the hair on, gathered round the ankle… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brogue — (izg. brȍg) m DEFINICIJA 1. irski i škotski opanak od jednog komada nebojane kože vezane uzicom 2. šivena muška cipela s rupičastim ukrasnim uzorkom na kožnim nadšivenim dijelovima (oxford cipela) SINTAGMA brogue english (izg. brogue èngliš)… … Hrvatski jezični portal
brogue — [ broug ] noun singular a strong local ACCENT (=way of speaking), especially an Irish or Scottish accent: The nurse spoke with a pleasant Scottish brogue … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
brogue — type of Celtic accent, 1705, perhaps from the meaning rough, stout shoe worn by rural Irish and Scottish highlanders (1580s), via Gaelic or Irish, from O.Ir. broce shoe, thus originally meaning something like speech of those who call a shoe a… … Etymology dictionary
brogue — [brəug US broug] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1500 1600; : Irish Gaelic; Origin: and Scottish Gaelic brog, from Old Norse brok leg covering ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from Irish Gaelic barrog (wrestling) hold (as in barrog teangan hold… … Dictionary of contemporary English
brogue — ► NOUN 1) a strong outdoor shoe with ornamental perforated patterns in the leather. 2) a marked accent, especially Irish or Scottish, when speaking English. ORIGIN originally denoting a rough shoe: from Scottish Gaelic and Irish bróg; sense 2… … English terms dictionary
brogue — brogue1 [brōg] n. [< ?] the pronunciation peculiar to a dialect, esp. that of English as spoken by the Irish brogue2 [brōg] n. [Gael & Ir brōg, a shoe < ON broc, leg covering: for IE base see BREECH] 1. a coarse shoe of untanned leather,… … English World dictionary
brogue — [16] A brogue was originally a rudimentary sort of shoe worn in the more wild and woolly Celtic corners of the British Isles; the term does not seem to have been applied to today’s ‘stout country walking shoe’ until the early 20th century. The… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
