different between brumous vs murky

English

Etymology

brume +? -ous, probably modelled after French brumeux (“foggy, hazy, misty”), from Late Latin br?mosus (“wintry”), from Latin br?ma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”) + -?sus (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns”). 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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?u?m?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?um?s/, /?b??-/
• Hyphenation: brum?ous

Adjective

brumous (comparative more brumous, superlative most brumous)

1. (literary) Foggy or misty; wintry. [from mid 19th c.]

Derived terms

• brumously

Related terms

• brume
• brumal
• brumate

Translations

References

Anagrams

• umbrous

English

Alternative forms

• mirky

Etymology

From Middle English mirky; equivalent to murk +? -y. Related to Old Norse myrkr, Russian ???? (mrak), Serbo-Croatian ?????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??(?)ki/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ki

Adjective

murky (comparative murkier, superlative murkiest)

1. Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
2. Dark, dim, gloomy.
3. Cloudy, indistinct, obscure.
4. Dishonest, shady.

Synonyms

• dark

Related terms

• murk
• murkily
• murkiness

Translations

Further reading

• murky in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• murky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.