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bruin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bruin has 2 senses
- bruin(n = noun.animal) Array - a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'; Array is a kind of bear
- bruin(n = noun.animal) brown bear, ursus arctos - large ferocious bear of Eurasia; Array is a kind of bear
is a member of genus ursus, ursus
has particulars: syrian bear, ursus arctos syriacus, grizzly, grizzly bear, silver-tip, silvertip, ursus arctos horribilis, ursus horribilis, alaskan brown bear, kodiak, kodiak bear, ursus arctos middendorffi, ursus middendorffi
CIDE DICTIONARY
bruin, n. [D. bruin brown. In the epic poem of “Reynard the Fox” the bear is so called from his color. See Brown, a. ].
A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bruin, n. a personal name used for a bear.
Etymology
ME f. Du., = BROWN: used as a name in Reynard the Fox
ROGET THESAURUS
bruin
Discourtesy
N discourtesy, ill breeding, ill manners, bad manners, ungainly manners, insuavity, uncourteousness rusticity, inurbanity, illiberality, incivility displacency, disrespect, procacity, impudence: barbarism, barbarity, misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism, conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossieret_e, brusquerie, vulgarity, churlishness, spinosity, perversity, moroseness, sternness, austerity, moodishness, captiousness, cynicism, tartness, acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity, scowl, black looks, frown, short answer, rebuff, hard words, contumely, unparliamentary language, personality, bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast, unlicked cub, frump, crosspatch, saucebox, crooked stick, grizzly, discourteous, uncourteous, uncourtly, ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-behaved, ill-conditioned, unbred, unmannerly, unmannered, impolite, unpolite, unpolished, uncivilized, ungenteel, ungentleman-like, ungentlemanly, unladylike, blackguard, vulgar, dedecorous, foul- mouthed foul-spoken, abusive, uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious, cool, pert, forward, obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious, repulsive, uncomplaisant, unaccommodating, unneighborly, ungallant, inaffable, ungentle, ungainly, rough, rugged, bluff, blunt, gruff, churlish, boorish, bearish, brutal, brusque, stern, harsh, austere, cavalier, taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious, snarling, surly, surly as a bear, perverse, grim, sullen, peevish, untactful, impolitic, undiplomatic, artless, discourteously, with discourtesy, with a bad grace.
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