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Posted: **Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:58 am**

I was surprised to learn that these have a Latin origin - brutus. I was not surprised that it meant dull, stupid, heavy.

Posted: **Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:33 pm**

The connotation to me is more strength used for a bad end. A brute is a bully on steroids.

brutal, brute