Wednesday 21 December 2011

English Learning Online: Vocabulary: Word of The Day: Brogue

For this post, in Vocabulary section, I would like to share with you a latest word of the day that I get Email from Dictionary.com. That's the word: "Brogue ".


Let check the meaning of the word "brogue" from dictionary.com:

brogue \brohg\, noun:

1. Any strong regional accent.
2. An Irish accent in the pronunciation of English.
3. A durable, comfortable, low-heeled shoe, often having decorative perforations and a wing tip.
4. A coarse, usually untanned leather shoe once worn in Ireland and Scotland.
5. Brogan.
6. A fraud; trick; prank.


One more thing, let check the word "brogue" with World Book dictionary:

brogue (1), noun, verb, brogued, broguing.noun

1. an Irish accent or pronunciation of English.
2. a strongly marked pronunciation or accent peculiar to a dialect. v.t. to say or speak in a brogue. Ex. "You'll see," brogued the guide, and he was ... plucking my sleeve to draw me (Punch).

brogue (2), noun.

1. a shoe made for comfort and long wear, often with decorative perforations. Ex. brogues suitable for country wear.
2. a coarse shoe, commonly of untanned hide, worn, especially formerly, in Ireland and Scotland.
3. = brogan.

brogue (3), noun.(Scottish.) fraud; trick; cheat.



Example: "I want to buy brogues for my wife." So, for this Example sentence, what the meaning of the word "brogue"???
===> Answer: brogue = shoe

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