brogue

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: brōg, IPA(key): /bɹoʊɡ/ (Received Pronunciation) enPR: brōg, IPA(key): /bɹəʊɡ/ Rhymes: -əʊɡ === 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) A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish. A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips. Synonym: brogan (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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== brogue (third-person singular simple present brogues, present participle broguing or brogueing, simple past and past participle brogued) (transitive, intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent). (intransitive) To walk. (transitive) To kick. (transitive) To punch a hole in, as with an awl. ==== See also ==== Brogue (accent) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Brogue shoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === Possibly from French brouiller. ==== Verb ==== brogue (third-person singular simple present brogues, present participle broguing, simple past and past participle brogued) (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters. === Anagrams === Burgeo == Fingallian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Irish bróg. === Noun === brogue shoe 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"): == Yola == === Alternative forms === brough === Etymology === Borrowed from Irish bróg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /broːɡ/, /bruːɡ/ === Noun === brogue shoe ==== Derived terms ==== Brogeen === 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