Meaning

noun a cruelly rapacious person

noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

adjective resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

originFrom 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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