bruddu
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- brugghiu
Etymology
Pasqualino connects to Ancient Greek βρύλλω (brúllō, “to ask for a drink”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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