Word of the Day(Merriam Webster Dictionary)
January 14, 2016
brogue • \BROHG\ • noun
1 : a heavy shoe often with ahobnailed sole
2 : a stout oxford shoe withperforations and usually a wingtip
Examples:
"Canvas isn't the chosen mediumof many shoemakers, so it was a bit exciting and a bit confusingwhen Toms Shoes, purveyors of the ever-casual espadrilles,announced its intention to makebrogues." — Andrew Burmon,Men's Journal, 19 Aug. 2013
"The X-Men star, who played JeanGrey in the superhero movies,wore patent brogues, where thechunky style helped emphasiseher slender legs which wereencased in thick opaque tights." — Ciara Farmer, DailyMail.co.uk,26 Nov. 2015
Did you know?
Did you expect brogue to bedefined as "an Irish accent"?You're probably not alone. Ourdefinition is different becausebrogue has two homographs(words that are spelled—and inthis case pronounced—the samebut have different origins or partsof speech). Brogue the shoecomes from the Irish word bróg,which probably derives from an Old Norse term meaning "legcovering." Brogue the accentcomes from a different Irish word,barróg, which means "accent" or "speech impediment."