bragget
English
Etymology
From Middle English bragot, braket, from Middle Welsh bragawd, bragaut, bragod, from brag (“malt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹæɡɪt/
Noun
bragget (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A liquor made of fermented ale and honey with spices.
- 1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […], published 1640, →OCLC:
- You have in draughts of Darby drill'd your men,
And we have serv'd there, armed all in ale,
With the brown bowl, and charg'd in bragget stale […]
Synonyms
Related terms
- mead (“alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water”)
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