brume
noun
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Pronunciation: /bɹuːm/ / /bɹɪu̯m/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder. Proto-Italic *breɣʷis Latin brevis Latin brūmabor. Old French brume French brumebor. English brume Borrowed from French brume, from Latin brūma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”). 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”).
- Mist, fog, vapour.
“For, shou'd you come before the Brume's abated / Th' Opime you'd linquish for the Macerated.”
“All around their bubble of stupidity I could feel the brume of the dragon.”