单词 | bruiting |
释义 | bruitingn. The action of bruit v.; wide proclamation; the spreading of rumour or gossip. ΚΠ 1572 E. Cradock Shippe of Assured Safetie ii. iii. 143 This shewing foorth of Gods power & this bruting of his name throughout al the earth, helpeth to make them to stande in awe. 1602 T. Churchyard & R. Robinson tr. E. van Meteren True Disc. Hist. Succeeding Governours Netherlands 33 For sorow in minde conceiued at ye hatred of the countrie vpon bruiting of his base birth. 1827 Inspector 2 204 Great bruiting at Brookes's of war with Spain. 1921 Polit. Sci. Q. 36 585 If this plan so heroically conceived should finally fail, its very bruiting has enlarged the field of history. 2003 Columbia Journalism Rev. 41 52 The image of the liberal media has stuck, partly, Alterman says, because of conservatives' ceaseless bruiting of the charge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1572 |
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