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Definition of Brosy
1. Adjective. (Scotland) In the rural and farming circles, stout and strong; well-built; well fed with brose. ¹
2. Adjective. Semi-liquid (like brose). ¹
3. Adjective. Containing brose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brosy
1. smeared with brose [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brosy
Literary usage of Brosy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Hence the vulgar application of the term to weavers, SO brosy-FACED, adj.
Applied to the face when very fat and flaccid, S. —"An I didna ken her, ..."
2. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"O WAE to a' the Whigs o' Fife, The brosy tykes, the lousy tykes, O wae to a' the
Whigs o' Fife, That e'er they cam frae hell! There's gentle John, and Jock ..."
3. Wegweiser durch die neuere Litteratur der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaften by Otto Mülbrecht (1893)
"2 — V. brosy, Kirchenrecht. 3. Aufl.. 2 — VII. — preuss. Verwaltungsrecht. 3.
Aufl.. 2 — VIII. Willkomm, Rechtsphilosophie.. 2 — IX. ..."
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