Antonyms for brogue

Grammar : Noun

Spell : brohg

Phonetic Transcription : broʊg

Definition of brogue

Origin : type of Celtic accent, 1705, perhaps from the meaning "rough, stout shoe" worn by rural Irish and Scottish highlanders (1580s), via Gaelic or Irish, from Old Irish broce "shoe," thus originally meaning something like "speech of those who call a shoe a brogue." Or perhaps it is from Old Irish barrog "a hold" (on the tongue).

As in language : noun system of words for communication
As in clodhoppers : noun construction boots
As in langue : noun language

Example sentences :

Also introduced the brogue and the shamrock into the Emerald Isle.
Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous

Patrick Fitzmaurice, brogue and all, was an Irish gentleman without a flaw.
Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet

Her brogue was apt to broaden when pleasure pulled down her dignity.
Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable

And now there was only a trace of the brogue in Spud's voice.
Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin

She spoke with a brogue, and they did not notice the peculiar expression.
Extract from : « A Woman for Mayor » by Helen M. Winslow

"My thong's loose," said he, stooping to fumble with a brogue that needed no such attention.
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

Ireland thought thee her child, for who spoke her brogue better than thyself?
Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow

Gootes, noting my trepidation, put on the brogue of a burlesque Irishman.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

Also there was a faint and fascinating suggestion of brogue in her accent.
Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer

(for when excited O'Grady would relapse into the brogue); "but are ye much hurt?"
Extract from : « Starlight Ranch » by Charles King

Synonyms for brogue

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