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Sicilian
Etymology
Pasqualino suggests Ancient Greek βρύλλω (brúllō, “to ask for a drink”).[1]
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Noun
bruḍḍu m (uncountable)
- cheerfulness
- mèttiri 'n bruḍḍu na jinìa ― to be obnoxious
- mittìrisi 'n bruḍḍu ― to become cheerful
References
- ^ Pasqualino (c. 1790) “bruddu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 212
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “bruddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 567