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brumal

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bru⋅mal

  [broo-muhl]
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–adjective
wintry.
Origin:
1505–15; < L brūmālis of, pertaining to winter. See brume, -al 1
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bru·mal   (brōō'məl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or occurring in winter.

[Latin brūmālis, from brūma, winter, from *brevima (diēs), the shortest (day) or winter solstice, archaic superlative of brevis, short; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.]
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