borrel
See also: bőrrel
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compare Old French burel (“reddish”) or French beurré (“butter pear”).
Noun edit
borrel (plural borrels)
- A sort of pear with a smooth soft pulp; a red butter pear.
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from burel (“coarse woolen cloth”).
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
borrel (comparative more borrel, superlative most borrel)
- (obsolete) Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity, a mean fellow.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; republished as The Shepheardes Calender […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], 1586, →OCLC:
- Siker thou speak'st like a lewd sorrel,
Of heaven, to deemen so:
Howbe I am but rude and borrel,
Yet nearer ways I know.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of Middle Dutch borre, borne (“well, drinkwater”). Compare bron (“well”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
borrel m (plural borrels, diminutive borreltje n)
- a shot of an alcoholic drink such as rum or gin; a tot
- an informal, often impromptu reception or meetup, typically involving alcoholic drinks