Brute

n. 1 a brutal or violent person. b colloq. unpleasant person or difficult thing. 2 animal. attrib. adj. 1 unthinking (bruteforce). 2 cruel; stupid; sensual. o brutish adj. brutishly adv. brutishness n. [Latin brutes stupid] bryony itratarn/ n. (pL ies) climbing plant with red berries. [Latin from Greek]