Brigadoon
Syllables: Brig·a·doon/ˌbrɪɡ.əˈdun/
Brigadoon noun: a place that seems magically transient.
Noun
Brigadoon (plural Brigadoons)
- A place that seems magically transient.
- I saw the rain dirty valley / You saw Brigadoon1985, Mike Scott, “The Whole of the Moon”, in This Is The Sea, performed by The Waterboys
- A mile walk took us into Mountshannon, a sort of Brigadoon, so quiet in the warm sun we thought it deserted.1988 July, Cruise Travel, volume 10, number 1, page 46
Forms of Brigadoon
| plural | Brigadoons |
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Origin of Brigadoon
After the village in the 1947 musical of the same name, written by Alan Jay Lerner. That village appears for only one day every hundred years. The name of the village is taken from the Brig o' Doon mediaeval bridge, in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Words formed from Brigadoon
Words that rhyme with Brigadoon
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- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
Questions about Brigadoon
- What does Brigadoon mean?
- Brigadoon means a place that seems magically transient.
- What part of speech is Brigadoon?
- Brigadoon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Brigadoon?
- Brigadoon is pronounced /ˌbrɪɡ.əˈdun/.
- What is the plural of Brigadoon?
- The plural of Brigadoon is Brigadoons.
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