brotherred means brotherhood; fraternity. It carries an Arena rating of 1393, earned across 18 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, brotherred ranks #284 of 13,178 for Most Beautiful Words, #4,255 of 13,178 for Most Whimsical Words, #4,299 of 13,178 for Funniest Words, #4,318 of 13,178 for Most Ingenious Words.
Why “brotherred” is a great word
The state or condition of being brothers, or a fellowship of men. Its etymology traces to Old English *brōþorrǣden*, from *brōþor* ("brother") and the suffix *-rǣden* ("condition, state"), first attested in the Old English period (pre-1150). Unlike "brotherhood," its modern and more common descendant, or "fraternity," which now implies a formal, elective society, brotherred is the abstract bond itself, stripped of institution. It is the callused hands clasped on a sword-hilt in oath, the shared silence of men watching the same embers die, and the quiet understanding that blood is not required—the archaic word for the oldest of ties, now itself a relic of the fellowship it names.
Etymology
From Middle English brotherrede, from Old English brōþorrǣden (“fellowship, brotherhood, membership of a brotherhood”), equivalent to brother + -red. Same as brotherhood.
noun
- Brotherhood; fraternity.“Mr. and Brothern of the fraternitie or Brotherhed of the Assumption of our blessed Ladie uppon the Bridge of Bristol, which fraternity or brothered is a ffrateraitie or Brothered of Temporal persons not incorporated, [...]”
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