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brume

  [broom]
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–noun
mist; fog.
Origin:
1800–10; < F: fog < Pr bruma < L brūma winter, orig. winter solstice, contr. of *brevima (diēs) shortest (day); see breve

Related forms:
bru⋅mous  [broo-muhs] , adjective
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brume   (brōōm)   
n.  Fog or mist.

[French, from Old French, perhaps from Provençal, from Latin brūma, winter; see brumal.]
bru'mous (brōō'məs) adj.
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