Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Brownie |
BrownieNoun1. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous. 2. Square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "brownie" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Note: Brownie \Brown"ie\, noun. [So called from its supposed tawny or swarthy color.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Brownie The house spirit in Scottish superstition. He is called in England Robin Goodfellow. At night he is supposed to busy himself in doing little jobs for the family over which he presides. Farms are his favourite abode. Brownies are brown or tawny spirits, in opposition to fairies, which are fair or elegant ones. (See Fairies. ) "It is not long since every family of considerable substance was haunted by a spirit they called Browny, which did several sorts of work and this was the reason why they gave him offerings ... on what they called `Browny's stone.' "- Martin: Scotland. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
- The Kodak Brownie camera was one of the first affordable box cameras.
- A brownie is a kind of elf.
- Boston Brownie, often referred to simply as "brownie", is a kind of chocolate cake.
- The Brownies is the name for the junior Girl Guides in Britain and Canada.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brownie."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Kodak Brownie box camera, introduced in 1900, was a very simple camera that anyone could use. Equally important, at an initial cost of one US dollar, it was also a camera that almost anyone could afford. It introduced the concept of the snapshot.
External Links
The Brownie camera @ 100: A celebrationSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brownie (camera)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A brownie is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around England and Scotland. Customarily they are said to inhabit houses and aid in tasks around the house. However, brownies do not like to be seen and will only work at night, perhaps in exchange for small gifts or food. They usually abandon the house if their gifts are called payments, or if they are offered gifts of clothes (no matter how shabby their own clothes are). In some stories, brownies have no noses.By extension, the name of Brownie was given to the junior branch of the Girl Guides (American Girl Scouts).
See also: legendary creature, elf
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brownie (elf)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Walter "Brownie" McGhee (1915 - 1996) was a folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and suffered from polio as a child, which incapacitated his leg. McGhee spent much of his youth immersed in music, singing with local harmony group (the Golden Voices Gospel Quartet) and teaching himself the guitar. At the age of 22 he was became travelling musician, meeting and befriending Blind Boy Fuller, whose guitar playing influenced him greatly, (to the extent that after Fuller's death in 1941, McGhee adopted his mentor's name, styling himself Blind Boy Fuller II). By that McGhee was recording for Okeh records in Chicago, but his real success did not come until his 1942 relocation to New York City, where he was teamed up with Terry. The pairing was an overnight success, recording and touring extensively until the early 1970s. During the "folk revival" of the 1960s Terry and McGhee were highly popular on the concert and festival circuits, occasionally adding new material but usually remaining faithful to their roots.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brownie McGhee."
Synonyms: BrownieSynonyms: elf (n), gremlin (n), hob (n), imp (n), pixie (n), pixy (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Demon | Vampire, ghoul; afreet, barghest, Loki; ogre, ogress; gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia; bogie, bogeyman, bogle; nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin; Puck, Robin Goodfellow; leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Brownie |
| English words defined with "brownie": Kobold. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "brownie": Dobby's Walk ♦ EASTMAN ♦ House Spirits. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Wow! Where did you get that brownie! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I know what you're going to say, but we don't hand out Brownie points for helping people kill themselves (Law & Order; writing credit: Peter Yeldham) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Brownie Bucks the Jungle (1933) Sic 'Em Brownie (1922) The Peacemaker Brownie (1920) Good Little Brownie (1920) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
Books |
| ||
Music |
| ||
Consumer Goods | |||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | (2) color slides show a single, square cut brownie. (1) plain chocolate, (1) with nuts. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |  | Brownie begging for food from NOAA hydrographic launch at Wide Bay Brownie was a regular visitor for lunch. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | A Brownie troop and parents pitched in to clean and groom a section of trail. Credit: Scott Brayton. |  | Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and architectural interiors. Brownie pictures by R.E.G. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
 |
| "Brownie 4" by Carlos P. Commentary: "It's not a digital camera, but..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Brownie" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Brownie" is used about 335 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 335 | 15,680 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "brownie" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Brownie | Last name | 200 | 36,189 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "brownie": brownie guide ♦ brownie mix. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "brownie": brownie-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
brownie | 690 | brownie make weed | 24 |
brownie recipe | 543 | low fat brownie | 23 |
pot brownie | 177 | cheesecake brownie | 21 |
brownie girl scout | 72 | brownie bud | 20 |
brownie fairy tale | 70 | 23 brownie east | 20 |
pot brownie recipe | 51 | kodak brownie | 20 |
brownie its try | 50 | butterscotch brownie | 20 |
chocolate brownie | 49 | caramel brownie | 19 |
blonde brownie | 41 | brownie mix | 19 |
cream cheese brownie | 40 | brownie make pot | 17 |
chocolate brownie recipe | 39 | make brownie | 17 |
brownie camera | 35 | brownie picture | 17 |
fudge brownie | 32 | brownie easy recipe | 16 |
brownie microwave | 31 | gourmet brownie | 16 |
peanut butter brownie | 31 | brownie turtle | 16 |
brownie hash | 29 | fudge brownie recipe | 15 |
brownie special | 28 | brownie uniform | 15 |
blonde brownie recipe | 26 | brownie cookie | 15 |
brownie recipe weed | 26 | brownie texas | 15 |
brownie lung third | 25 | brownie cheese cream recipe | 15 |
low carb brownie | 15 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "brownie"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aardmannetjie (gnome, goblin), aardgees (gnome, goblin). (various references) | |
Arabic | جنية سمراء صغيرة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шоколадова сладка с орехи, мъничка фея, момиче скаут. (various references) | |
Czech | domácí (domestic, domiciliary, home, homegrown, homelike, homemade, home-made, indoor, inland, internal, native, tame, vernacular), šotek (gremlin, hobgoblin, imp, puck). (various references) | |
Dutch | gnoom (gnome, goblin), aardmannetje (gnome, goblin, imp). (various references) | |
Esperanto | gnomo (gnome, goblin). (various references) | |
Farsi | یکنوع نان شیرینی میوه دار, یکجوردوربین عکاسی , دخترپیشاهنگ هشت ساله تایازده ساله . (various references) | |
Finnish | tonttu (goblin, imp). (various references) | |
French | lutin, gnome, farfadet. (various references) | |
Frisian | ierdmantsje (gnome, goblin). (various references) | |
German | heinzelmännchen (goblin, imp, leprechaun). (various references) | |
Greek | νεράιδα (fairy, mermaid, naiad, nereid, nymph, pixy, sylph, water nymph). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tündérke (pixy), manó (boggle, bogy, elf, elfin, elves, flibbertigibbet, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, imp, leprechaun, pigmy, pixie, pixy, pygmy, sprite, troll), jóindulatú manó, boksz fényképező gép. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kue coklat. (various references) | |
Italian | folletto buono. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ブローチ盤 (bloc, block, blockbuster, blocker, blocking, blocking signal, broaching machine, broadcast, broadcloth, Broadway, brocade, broiler, Browning). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ブローニー . (various references) | |
Korean | 브라우니. (various references) | |
Manx | gruagagh (hairy, ogre), dhoaneen. (various references) | |
Papiamen | kabouter (gnome, goblin). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owniebray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bolo de chocolate (chocolate cake), fadinha, duende amigo. (various references) | |
Romanian | spiriduş (elf, elfin, elves, familiar, Goblin, hobgoblin, spook, sprite). (various references) | |
Russian | домовой (bogey, bogy, hobgoblin). (various references) | |
Scottish | Brùinidh (the Brownie), ùruisg (a Brownie). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrsta kolača (muffin, waffle), smeđkast (brownish), skautkinja, kućni duh (bogy, leprechaun). (various references) | |
Spanish | bizcocho de chocolate y nueces, duende (daemon, duende, elf, goblin, hob, hobgoblin, leprechaun, poltergeist, puck, sprite). (various references) | |
Swedish | ung flickscout, tomte (puck, sprite). (various references) | |
Turkish | kuşüzümlü ekmek, izci küçük kız, gizlice ev işlerine yardım eden peri, çikolatalı kek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | домовий. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ma thiện. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "brownie": brownier, brownies, browniest. (additional references) | |
| |
"Brownie" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ardownie, Bhowani, bowny, Brodwin, Bronwin, Bronwyn, Browdie, browier, browne, Brownea, browney, browneye, browni, browniex, brownio, Brownley, Brownsey, Brownside, brunie, Brusnice, Frownie, rowny. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "brownie" (pronounced brou"nē) |
| 3 | -ou" n ē | downy, townie. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-n-o-r-w" | |
-1 letter: bonier. | |
-2 letters: boner, borne, bower, brine, brown, irone, owner, rewin, rewon, robin, rowen. | |
-3 letters: bier, bine, bone, bore, born, bren, brew, brie, brin, brio, brow, ebon, enow, inro, iron, noir, nori, rein, robe, weir, wine, wino, wire, wore, worn, wren. | |
-4 letters: ben, bin, bio, bow, bro, eon, ern, ion, ire, neb, new, nib, nob. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-n-o-r-w" | |
+1 letter: bowering, brownier, brownies. | |
+2 letters: beworming, browniest, imbrowned. | |
+3 letters: becrowding, bestrowing, beworrying, brainpower, brownfield, embowering, embrowning, imbowering, mindblower. | |
+4 letters: becowarding, beflowering, brainpowers, browbeating, brownfields, cabinetwork, furbelowing, hereinbelow, mindblowers, overblowing, rainbowlike, snowberries, snowmobiler. | |
+5 letters: bowdlerising, bowdlerizing, cabinetworks, microbrewing, overbrowsing, rowanberries, snowmobilers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
