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brath.

Hasty; violent; fierce; strong.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Hasty; violent; fierce; strong.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English brath, broth, braith, from Old Norse bráðr (“hasty, sudden”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- (“steam, vapour”), from *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”). Cognate with Icelandic bráður (“quick, hasty, excited”), Swedish bråd (“hasty, sudden, urgent”), Danish bråd (“hasty, sudden”). Related to breath, brew.

noun
  1. Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.

    UK · dialectal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English brath, from Old Norse bráð (“haste”), from bráðr (“hasty”). See above.

noun
  1. Obsolete form of breath.

    alt-of · countable · obsolete · uncountable
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