brumous
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Brumous — Bru mous, a. Foggy; misty. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brumous — adjective filled or abounding with fog or mist a brumous October morning • Syn: ↑foggy, ↑hazy, ↑misty • Similar to: ↑cloudy • Derivationally related forms: ↑mist … Useful english dictionary
brumous — adjective see brume … New Collegiate Dictionary
brumous — See brume. * * * … Universalium
brumous — adj. foggy, misty … English contemporary dictionary
brumous — bru·mous … English syllables
brume — brumous /brooh meuhs/, adj. /broohm/, n. mist; fog. [1800 10; < F: fog < Pr bruma < L bruma winter, orig. winter solstice, contr. of *brevima (dies) shortest (day); see BREVE] * * * … Universalium
brumously — adverb a) In a brumous way or manner. Half way down the paddock, on the left, eastern side, stood a big oak tree, and behind this, in season, the full moon would rise, magnified and brumously honey coloured in the horizon haze, then turning to… … Wiktionary
brume — noun Etymology: French, mist, winter, from Old Occitan bruma, from Latin, winter solstice, winter; akin to Latin brevis short more at brief Date: 1808 mist, fog • brumous adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
brumal — adjective a) belonging to winter; winter like b) characteristic or related to winter See Also: brume, brumous … Wiktionary
