brumous
/ˈbruːməs
/adjective literary
Foggy and wintry.Hard-heartedness towards children has long been thought to characterize those brumous isles of my birth....
- The marshlands thereabouts remained very brumous for most of the winters.
- When I came upon the deli, its sign glowing like a beacon in the brumous night, a slight twinge of anticipation quickened my pace.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from French brumeux, from late Latin brumosus (from bruma 'winter').
Rhymes
- unseeable
- unseeded
- unseeing
- unseeingly
- unseemliness
- unseemly
- unseen
- unsegmented
- unsegregated
- unselect
- unselected
- unselective
- unselfconscious
- unselfconsciously
- unselfconsciousness
- unselfish
- unselfishly
- unselfishness
- unsellable
- unsensational
- unsensationally
- unsentimental
- unsentimentally
- unseparated
- Unser