brume
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- brumous adjective
Etymology
Origin of brume
1800–10; < French: fog < Provençal bruma < Latin brūma winter, originally winter solstice, contraction of *brevima ( diēs ) shortest (day); breve
Example Sentences
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By 10 a.m., an early morning brume had burned off.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022
As the sun brightened the brume, the baits began to defrost.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019
The resulting brume confounds debate and makes it hard to say whether any seeming rise in hate crimes might be genuine.
From Slate • Nov. 14, 2018
The asphalt gave way to a dirt road through a rain forest, its canopy wreathed in brume.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 14, 2016
All around their bubble of stupidity I could feel the brume of the dragon.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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