brumous

Meaning

Foggy or misty; wintry.

Synonyms

misty

foggy

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hazy

Hyphenated as

brum‧ous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɹuːməs/

Etymology

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”).