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Brunt
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
"Unfortunately, poor areas such as those in New Orleans bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina’s winds."
- 2 main force of a blow etc wordnet
- 3 The force or shock of an attack in war.
- 4 The major part of something; the bulk.
"If you feel tired of walking, just think of the poor donkey who has carried the brunt of our load."
- 5 A violent attack or charge in battle. obsolete
"Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them? Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot, Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt."
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- 6 A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.). broadly, obsolete
- 7 A spurt, a sudden effort or straining. obsolete
- 1 To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand. rare, transitive
""… I say." Ripton resumed the serious intonation, "do you think they'll ever suspect us?" "What if they do? We must brunt it." We brunted the storm."
- 2 To make a violent attack or charge. intransitive, obsolete
Etymology
From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna).
From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna).
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from the adjective burnt. Compare Brent. * As an Irish surname, variant of Prunty. * As a Dutch surname, possibly a variant of Bruns.
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