bragget

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English bragot, braket, from Middle Welsh bragawt, bragaut, bragot, from brag (“malt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹæɡɪt/

Noun

bragget (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A liquor made of fermented ale and honey with spices.
    Synonym: Welsh ale
    • 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 […]
  • mead (“alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water”)
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