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brouhaha

UK/ˈbɹuː.hɑː.hɑː/US/ˈbruˌhɑˌhɑ/
nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,611 of 15,258leans spoken

A brouhaha is a noisy fuss over something. A great brouhaha, the brouhaha died down, cause a brouhaha.

The word is dismissive by nature, since calling something a brouhaha says the noise was out of proportion to the cause. It came from French, and its earlier origin is disputed.

Definitions of brouhaha

  1. 1nounbrouhahaA noisy fuss over something.C2

    “The brouhaha over the new school uniform died down within a week.”

brouhaha is a fuss.

Where it comes from

French brouhaha names an uproar; its earlier origin is disputed.

  1. Hebrew

    בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא — welcome

  2. French

    brouhaha

  3. English, today

    brouhaha

French brouhaha, though its earlier origin is disputed. Possibly from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (“welcome”) literally “blessed is he who comes”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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brouhaha in the wild

  • When he later tracks her down to a romantic rural manor, mistaken identity leads to all manner of brouhaha.

    A Damsel in Distress (novel)

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.