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   bruit

   /bruːt/

   verb

   • 1. spread (a report or rumour) widely: "I didn't want to have our relationship bruited about the office"

   noun

   • 1. a report or rumour: archaic "the wildest bruits were greedily credited"
   • 2. a sound, especially an abnormal one, heard through a stethoscope; a murmur.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French bruit ‘noise’, from bruire ‘to roar’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • B

     3

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

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