brùideil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From brùid (“brute”) +‎ -eil. Compare Irish brúidiúil.

Adjective

brùideil

barbarous, beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish, violent, cruel

Related terms

brùidealachd (“barbarism, brutality, violence”)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “brùideil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brúitemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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