brogan

See also: Brogan and brògan

English

Etymology

An alteration of brogue. Most dictionaries give the source as Irish *brógán (from bróg (“shoe”) + -án (diminutive suffix)) or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent, but no such word can be confirmed to exist in either language (apart from the given name Brógán, the source of the surname Brogan).

Noun

brogan (plural brogans)

  1. A heavy working shoe; a brogue.
    • 2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 65:
      The wind gusted through, shivering me, so that my waterlogged brogans were like ice against my feet.

Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbroː.ɡɑn/, [ˈbroː.ɣɑn]

Noun

brōgan

  1. inflection of brōga:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative singular/plural
    3. genitive/dative singular
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