Why this word is great
BRAIT — [Noun] A diamond in the rough; an uncut or partially cut diamond. Likely from Welsh brith or its feminine form braith, meaning 'variegated, speckled', alluding to the stone's raw appearance; compare Irish breá ('fine, comely'). Unlike bort, which denotes the flawed, industrial-grade fragments resigned to grit, or brilliant, the finalized, faceted spectacle of light, a brait is pure, latent potential. It is a greasy pebble in a prospector’s palm, a jagged shard of captured fog on velvet, a locked casket of light awaiting the first decisive blow. All splendor is a rescue operation.