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brumous.

Foggy or misty; wintry.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈbɹuːməs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbɹuməs/General-American/ˈbɹə-/General-American
  1. Foggy or misty; wintry.

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Where this word comes from

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”).

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