Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BRUNONIAN

BRUNONIAN Bru *no "ni *an, a.

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, of Scotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Bruno, Giordano

Bru no, Giordano |ˈbro͞onō ˈbrunoʊ | (1548 –1600 ), Italian philosopher. A supporter of the heliocentric Copernican view of the solar system, envisaging an infinite universe of numerous worlds moving in space, he was tried by the Inquisition for heresy and burned at the stake.

 

Bruno, St.

Bru no, St. |ˈbro͞onō, brYˈnō ˌseɪnt ˈbrunoʊ | ( c. 1032 –1101 ), French churchman, born in Germany. He founded the Carthusian order at La Grande Chartreuse in 1084. Feast day, October 6.

 

brunoise

bru noise |bro͞onˈwäz brunˈwɑz | ▶noun finely diced vegetables that are cooked in butter and used to flavor soups and sauces.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Bruno, Giordano

Bruno, Giordano |ˈbruːnəʊ | (1548 –1600 ), Italian philosopher. He was a follower of Hermes Trismegistus and a supporter of the heliocentric Copernican view of the solar system. Bruno was tried by the Inquisition for heresy and burned at the stake.

 

Bruno, St

Bruno, St |ˈbruːnəʊ | ( c. 1032 –1101 ), German-born French churchman. In 1084 he founded the Carthusian order at La Grande Chartreuse near Grenoble. Feast day, 6 October.

 

brunoise

brunoise |bruːnˈwɑːz | ▶noun a mixture of finely diced vegetables fried in butter and used to flavour soups and sauces. ORIGIN French, from brun ‘brown ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Bruno

Bru no Eigenname |Br u no |männlicher Vorname

 

Bruno

Bru no Eigenname |Br u no |italienischer Philosoph

 

Spanish Dictionary

bruno

bruno 1 (también bruño )nombre masculino 1 Ciruela pequeña y muy negra .2 Árbol que da esta ciruela .ETIMOLOGÍA Voz patrimonial del latín prunum ‘ciruela ’ con influencia de bruno ‘moreno ’, ‘negro ’ por su color .

 

bruno, -na

bruno, -na 2 adjetivo Que es de color negro u oscuro :a poco de andar vino a escuchar palabras no del todo irreconocibles, emitidas por dos muchachos brunos y cenceños; la belleza del gofrado consiste sustancialmente en acertar con el color tostado y bruno que diga bien con las calidades cromáticas de la piel utilizada .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xv ) del francés brun ‘moreno ’ y este del germánico *brûn (alemán actual braun ).

 

bruño

bruño (también bruno )nombre masculino 1 Ciruela pequeña y muy negra .2 nombre masculino Árbol que da esta ciruela .