brùideil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From brùid (“brute”) +‎ -eil. Compare Irish brúidiúil.

Adjective

brùideil

  1. barbarous, beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish, violent, cruel

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “brúitemail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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