brimade

== French == === Etymology === From brimer +‎ -ade. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁi.mad/ Homophone: brimades Hyphenation: bri‧made === Noun === brimade f (plural brimades) a hazing, some test which seniors impose on newbies in (para) military units, school, etc. by way of initiation a punishment which an educator imposes on a child, consisting in some privation a measure or treatment which is pointlessly hurtful ==== Synonyms ==== (initiation test): bizutage === References === “brimade” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35). Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition === Further reading === “brimade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012