different between hazy vs brumous

English

Etymology

From earlier hawsey (1625), a nautical term of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *hasi, *haswy, from Old English haswi? (“grey; ashen; dusky”), from Old English hasu (“dusky; grey; ashen”), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *?eh?s- (“bright grey”), surface analysis as haze +? -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?he?zi/
• Rhymes: -e?zi

Adjective

hazy (comparative hazier, superlative haziest)

1. Thick or obscured with haze.

   a hazy view of the polluted city street

2. Not clear or transparent.
3. Obscure; confused; not clear.

   a hazy argument

   a hazy intellect

Synonyms

• (thick with haze): hazed; see also Thesaurus:nebulous
• (not clear or transparent): blurry, fuzzy, ill-defined; see also Thesaurus:indistinct
• (obscure, confused): ambiguous, equivocal; see also Thesaurus:vague

Derived terms

• hazily
• haziness

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• yazh

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