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brumal, a.|ˈbruːməl|
Also 6 brumaill, 6–7 brumall.
[ad. L. brūmāl-is belonging to winter, f. brūma contr. of *brevima, shortest (day), winter; cf. F. brumal.]
Belonging to winter; winter-like, wintry.
1513Douglas æneis vii. Prol. 14 Thai schort days that clerkis clepe brumaill. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 129 About the brumall Solstice..the Sea is calme, and the winds do cease. 1783W. F. Martyn Geog. Mag. II. 374 They walk barefooted, throughout the brumal season. 1870Lowell Study Wind. 32 What cheerfulness there was in brumal verse was that of Horace's. |