"Cameron pulled her coat tightly around her as she walked home on the brumous evening."
"As the plane approached Prague, the conditions became more brumous."
"My husband loves the summer, but I appreciate winter's brumous mornings and cold nights."
Latin, mid-19th century
"Brumous" is a literary adjective that was popular in the mid-19th century. "Brumous" comes from the French adjective "brumeux," meaning "foggy." That, in turn, comes from the Latin word "bruma," which means "winter." ...
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