adj
Meaning 1
Foggy or misty; wintry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
brumous
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːməs/
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General-American: /ˈbɹuməs/
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General-American: /ˈbɹə-/
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
filled or abounding with fog or mist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a brumous October morning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foggy, hazy, misty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From brume + -ous, probably modelled after French brumeux (“foggy, hazy, misty”), from Late Latin brūmōsus (“wintry”), from Latin brūma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”) + -ōsus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (“shortest”), the superlative of brevis (“brief; short”) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵhus (“brief, short”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: влажен (vlažen) — foggy or misty — see also foggy, misty
- Bulgarian: мъглив (mǎgliv) — foggy or misty — see also foggy, misty
- French: brumeux — foggy or misty — see also foggy, misty
- German: neblig — foggy or misty — see also foggy, misty
- Spanish: brumoso — foggy or misty — see also foggy, misty