brumous

Syllables: brum·ous/ˈbɹuːməs/US/ˈbɹuməs/

brumous adjective: foggy or misty; wintry.

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Adjective

brumous (comparative more brumous, superlative most brumous)

(literary) Foggy or misty; wintry.
- The blond misses of Albion see nothing in the dull inhabitants of their brumous isle, which can compare with the ardour and vivacity of the children of the South. We bring our sunshine with us; we are Frenchmen, and accustomed to conquer.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “A Little Innocent”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 233
- One of the greatest charms of fox-hunting undoubtedly is, that it disposes of all the dirty weather which goes to make up three-fourths of an English winter. Wet, and drizzle, and muggy fog (the characteristics of our brumous and insular climate, according to numerous French authorities), are the...1866 October, “Essays at Odd Times”, in David Masson, editor, Macmillan’s Magazine, volume XIV, number 84, London: Macmillan and Co. […], →OCLC, section XIV (Of a Fox Covert), page 476, column 2

brumous meaning in Tamil

brumous in Tamil

பனிமூட்டமான

Examples of brumous in a sentence

Wet, and drizzle, and muggy fog (the characteristics of our brumous and insular climate, according to numerous French authorities), are the capital on which it trades.1866 October, “Essays at Odd Times”, in David Masson, editor, Macmillan’s Magazine, volume XIV, number 84, London: Macmillan and Co. […]...
The whole scene was dull, sombre, brumous, depressing.1869 December, “Nebulæ”, in The Galaxy. An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, volume VIII, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Sheldon &...
Let us compare these observations made in our brumous latitudes with those effected by Father [Angelo] Secchi with the fine equatorial of the Roman Observatory.1872 July, Richard A[nthony] Proctor, “A Giant Planet”, in E[dward] L[ivingston] Youmans, editor, The Popular Science Monthly, volume I...
After the rape, leaving the grooms to bring the trophy home, they galloped away into the soft brumous Italian skyline; […]1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness: A Novel, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN; republished in The Avignon Quintet...

Forms of brumous

comparative	more brumous
superlative	most brumous

Origin of brumous

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”).

Words formed from brumous

brumously

Questions about brumous

What does brumous mean?: Brumous means foggy or misty; wintry.
What is brumous in Tamil?: Brumous in Tamil is பனிமூட்டமான. See Brumous meaning in Tamil.
How do you use brumous in a sentence?: Wet, and drizzle, and muggy fog (the characteristics of our brumous and insular climate, according to numerous French authorities), are the capital on which it trades.
What part of speech is brumous?: Brumous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce brumous?: Brumous is pronounced /ˈbɹuːməs/ (UK).

Words near brumous in the dictionary

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