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brogue

noun
/ˈbɹəʊ̯ɡ/UK/ˈbɹoʊ̯ɡ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bróg (“boot, shoe”), from Old Irish bróc (“shoe, greave, legging, hose, breeches”), likely from Old Norse brók (“breeches”), from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“breeches”). The "accent" sense may instead be derived from Irish barróg (“a hold (on the tongue)”).

  1. derived from barróg — “a hold (on the tongue)”
  2. derived from *brōks✻ — “breeches”
  3. derived from brók — “breeches”
  4. derived from bróc — “shoe, greave, legging, hose, breeches”
  5. borrowed from bróg — “boot, shoe”

Definitions

  1. A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.

    • I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue, although not much of it.
    • “No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue.
    • Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos.

  2. A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.

    • He had one pair of brogues and the soles were in a miserable state.

  3. A heavy shoe of untanned leather.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. To speak with a brogue (accent).

    2. To walk.

    3. To kick.

    4. To punch a hole in, as with an awl.

    5. to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.

    6. An unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA