brose

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noun

Oatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk.

OriginOld French broez ← Medieval Latin brodium ← Proto-Germanic *bruþą →
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Meanings

brose1

nounbrose (usually uncountable, plural broses)

plural broses

  1. ScotlanduncountableusuallyOatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk.

    I had not far to seek for him: he stood waiting in the passage, for the cooling of his brose.

    1836 Joanna Baillie Witchcraft, Act 1

Brose2

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Ambrose.

    Take poor Brose, who was actually christened Ambrose. A thing like that could simply warp a person's life, if he wasn't a good enough fighter to make the other kids start calling him by some nickname at an early age.

    1951, Rosamond Du Jardin, Class Ring, Lippincott, page 140

Origin

brose · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*bruþą“broth”
  2. Medieval Latinbrodium
  3. Old Frenchbroez
  4. Englishbrose

From the Doric dialect of North East Scotland, from earlier browes, from Old French broez, nominative of broet (“stew, soup made from meat broth”) (French brouet) diminutive of breu, from Medieval Latin brodium, from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”). See broth.

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Brose · proper noun

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APA

brose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brose

MLA

“brose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brose.

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