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]
Lexicon
n.
- 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. Any of several generally abnormal sounds heard on auscultation
- [Archaic] noise, din
- [Archaic] report, rumor
- collective noun for a group of barons
tr. v.
- report, rumor (usually used with about, as in “word of his imminent dismissal was bruited about”)
adjective
LITERARY
foggy and wintry.
[H is for Hawk — Helen Macdonald]