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brume
[broom] 
–noun
| mist; fog. |
Origin:
1800–10; < F: fog < Pr bruma < L brūma winter, orig. winter solstice, contr. of *brevima (diēs) shortest (day); see breve
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
[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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Brumous
Bru"mous\, a. Foggy; misty.
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