adj.
au·re·ate | \ ˈȯr-ē-ət \
1 : of a golden color or brilliance aureate light
2 : marked by grandiloquent and rhetorical style aureate diction
[Jez Burrows, in conversation.]
Lexicon
n.
- the action of listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or other organs, typically with a stethoscope, as a part of medical diagnosis.
[Solaris — Stanisław Lem]
n.
- a song traditionally sung by Venetian gondoliers
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a musical composition in the style of a barcarole
[“An emphasis Falls into Furniture” — Barbara Guest]
1\ ˈbrüt \ archaic
a: NOISE, DIN
b: REPORT, RUMOR
2\ ˈbrü-ē \ [French, literally, noise] : any of several generally abnormal sounds heard on auscultation
Also: collective noun for a group of barons
\ ˈbrüt \
bruited; bruiting; bruits
transitive verb
: REPORT, RUMOR —usually used with aboutword of his imminent dismissal was bruited about
Bruit, also called vascular murmur, is the abnormal sound generated by turbulent flow of blood in an artery due to either an area of partial obstruction or a localized high rate of blood flow through an unobstructed artery.
adjective
LITERARY
foggy and wintry.
[H is for Hawk — Helen Macdonald]
adj.
Containing or composed of calcium carbonate. Chalky.
[“Clarice Lispector,” from Coming to Writing and Other Essays — Hélène Cixous]
n.
1. a cannon in billiards or pool
v.
1. make a carom; strike and rebound
[The Absolute Book — Elizabeth Knox]
n. (Architecture)
- a stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building.
[Moby-Dick; or, The Whale — Herman Melville]
n.
- Specious or excessively subtle reasoning intended to rationalize or mislead.
- The determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing cases that illustrate general ethical rules.
[A Reader on Reading — Alberto Manguel]