brocc

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English

Noun

brocc (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of broccoli.
    • 1991, Hank Nuwer, “Giving Kidney Stones the Heave-Ho”, in William LeGro, editor, High-Speed Healing: The Fastest, Safest and Most Effective Shortcuts to Lasting Relief (Prevention Magazine Health Books), Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Bladder and Kidney Problems), page 60:
      Chalk up the brocc. Broccoli is good for you, and George Bush would do well to cultivate a taste for it.
    • 2010, Kim O’Donnel, “Broccoli Pick-Up Sticks”, in The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour, Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, “Spring” section:
      Like this idea but prefer cauliflower to brocc? Head over to page 204 in the Kitchen Tricks section for those details.
    • 2015 November 18, Thaddeus David Hogan, Love and Lethargy: Stories and Poems, : Xlibris, →ISBN:
      He turned the heat on under the brocc pot and figured it was all good. Better late than over-steamed. Brocc gets picked up handheld.
    • 2023, Molly Baz, “Play by the Rules”, in More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 22, column 2:
      If it’s only a squeeze of lemon over your roasted broccoli, so be it. You made that brocc more delicious, and that’s precisely the point.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚑᚉᚔ (broci), from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (badger) (compare Welsh broch).

Pronunciation

Noun

brocc m

  1. badger

Descendants

  • Irish: broc
  • Manx: brock
  • Scottish Gaelic: broc

Mutation

Mutation of brocc
radical lenition nasalization
brocc brocc
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbrocc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from a Celtic source akin to Irish broc, Welsh broch, Cornish brogh and thus ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos.

Pronunciation

Noun

brocc m

  1. badger

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Descendants