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brosy

brosy adjective: in rural and farming circles, stout and strong; well-built; well fed with brose.

Adjective

brosy (comparative more brosy, superlative most brosy)

  1. (Scotland) In rural and farming circles, stout and strong; well-built; well fed with brose.
  2. Semiliquid.
  3. Containing brose.

Forms of brosy

comparativemore brosy
superlativemost brosy
alternative formbrosey

Origin of brosy

From brose + -y, from brose (“oatmeal mixed with boiling water”); from the Doric dialect of northeast Scotland.

Words formed from brosy

Questions about brosy

What does brosy mean?
Brosy means in rural and farming circles, stout and strong; well-built; well fed with brose.
What part of speech is brosy?
Brosy is an adjective.

Words near brosy in the dictionary

  1. Broster
  2. Brostrom
  3. Brostroms
  4. Brosts
  5. brosuximide
  6. brosy
  7. brosy-faced
  8. brotastic
  9. brotato
  10. brotein
  11. Broten

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