Saturday, May 9, 2015

Word of the Day

brume
\broom\
noun
1. mist; fog.

Quotes
The silver brume swirled around the hedge, thickening…
-- L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Gravity Dreams, 1999

Origin
Brume entered English in the 1800s. By way of French and Provençal, it stems from the Latin word brūma, which means "winter" and is a contraction of brevima diēs meaning "shortest day."

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