Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. · A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted. · A kind of powerful spotlight. · One who has not yet matriculated.
To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
Without reason or intelligence (of animals). · Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). · Unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless. · Crude, unpolished.
From Middle French brut, from Old French brut, from Latin brūtus (“dull, stupid, insensible”), an Oscan loanword, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú) (English guru).
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