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English

WOTD – 20 December 2006

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Irish bróg (“boot, shoe”), from Old Irish bróc (“shoe, greave, legging, hose, breeches”), likely from Old Norse brók (“breeches”), from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“breeches”). The "accent" sense may instead be derived from Irish barróg (“a hold (on the tongue)”).

Noun

brogue (plural brogues)

  1. A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.
    • 1978, Louis L'Amour, Fair Blows the Wind, Bantam Books, page 62:
      I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue, although not much of it.
    • 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest, Random House, page 187:
      “No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue.
    • 2020 November 1, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The Scotsman‎:
      his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.
  2. A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
    Synonym: brogan
  3. (dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
Usage notes
  • Of the first sense, in Ireland this used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.
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Translations

Verb

brogue (third-person singular simple present brogues, present participle broguing or brogueing, simple past and past participle brogued)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
  2. (intransitive) To walk.
  3. (transitive) To kick.
  4. (transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl.

See also

Etymology 2

Possibly from French brouiller.

Verb

brogue (third-person singular simple present brogues, present participle broguing, simple past and past participle brogued)

  1. (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.

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Fingallian

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bróg.

Noun

brogue

  1. shoe

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bróg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /broːɡ/, /brəʊɡ/

Noun

brogue

  1. shoe

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867
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