different between brume vs brumously

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brume, from Latin br?ma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”). Br?ma 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 *mré??us (“brief, short”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?u?m/
• Rhymes: -u?m

Noun

brume (countable and uncountable, plural brumes)

1. (literary) Mist, fog, vapour.

Related terms

• brumous
• brumal
• brumate

Anagrams

• umber, umbre

French

Etymology

From Old French brume, borrowed from Latin br?ma (“winter”), possibly through the intermediate of Old Occitan bruma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ym/

Noun

brume f (plural brumes)

1. mist, haze, fog

Derived terms

• tombée de la brume

Related terms

• brumaire

Descendants

• ? English: brume

Further reading

• “brume” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 18th century. Unknown: perhaps from Latin morbus, blended with Latin vomica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?um?]

Noun

brume m (plural brumes)

1. pus

   Synonym: pus

References

• “brume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “brume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “brume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Noun

brume f

1. plural of bruma

Anagrams

• rumbe, umbre

English

Etymology

From brumous +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (rhotic)

Adverb

brumously (comparative more brumously, superlative most brumously)

1. In a brumous way or manner.
2. Murkily, foggily, hazily.
   • 1990, Richard Adams, The Day Gone By, Hutchinson, page 15:

     Half-way down the paddock, on the left, eastern side, stood a big oak tree, and behind this, in season, the full moon would rise, magnified and brumously honey-coloured in the horizon haze, then turning to clear silver as it climbed above the oak.

Related terms

• brume
• brumal
• brumous