brevit
1 of 2intransitive verb
brev·it
ˈbrevə̇t
-ed/-ing/-s
1
dialectal, England : forage, hunt
the dog is always breviting about
2
dialectal, England : to pry and prowl around : snoop
who's brevited through this drawer
brevit
2 of 2noun
"
plural -s
dialectal, England
: a snoopy meddlesome person
Word History
Etymology
Intransitive verb
origin unknown
- chehalises
- chei
- cheil-
- Cheilanthes
- cheilantheses
- cheilanthesses
- cheilanthoid
- cheilion
- cheilites
- cheilitides
- cheilitises
- cheilitisses
- cheilo-
- Cheilodactylidae
- cheiloschises
- cheiloschisises
- cheiloschisisses
- cheiloses
- cheilosises
- cheilosisses
- Cheilospirura
- Cheilostomata
- cheilostomatous
- cheilostome
- cheilostomes