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Brogued vs Brigued - What's the difference?

brogued | brigued |

As verbs the difference between brogued and brigued

is that brogued is past tense of brogue while brigued is past tense of brigue.

As an adjective brogued

is having a brogue ("accent").

brogued

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a brogue ("accent").
  • Shod with brogues ("shoes").
  • Decorated with brogueing.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (brogue)

    • brigued

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (brigue)

    • brigue

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Intrigue, secretive machinations.
    • (Chesterfield)

    Verb

    (brigu)
  • (obsolete) To achieve or obtain by underhand methods.
  • * 1704': we think it very unbecoming our prudence that the determination should be remitted to the authors themselves; when our adversaries, by '''briguing and caballing, have caused so niversal a defection from us, that the greater part of our society has already deserted to them — Jonathan Swift, ''A Tale of a Tub (Penguin 2004, p. 11)
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