2. A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person. An ill-natured brute of a husband. Franklin.
Syn.
— See Beast.
BRUTE
Brute, v. t. Etym: [For bruit.]
Defn: To report; to bruit. [Obs.]
BRUTELY
Brute"ly, adv.
Defn: In a rude or violent manner.
BRUTENESS
Brute"ness, n.
1. Brutality. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Insensibility. "The bruteness of nature." Emerson.
BRUTIFY
Bru"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brutified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brutifying.] Etym: [Brute + -fy: cf. F. brutifier.]