brumosus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From brūma +‎ -ōsus. Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (shortest), the superlative of brevis (brief; short) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (brief, short).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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brūmōsus (feminine brūmōsa, neuter brūmōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) wintry
    • ca. 690, Aldhelm, Epistulae 5, (as quoted in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources):
      ex Hiberniae brumosis circionis insulae climatibus
      from the wintry climate of the Irish northwestern island
  2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) Alternative form of brōmōsus; stinking, fetid, foul-smelling
    • author lived 344/345–411 CE, Tyrannius Rufinus, De Vitis Patrum 3, (as quoted in the Du Cange dictionary):
      Et cum fœteret brumosa aqua odore, non permittebat, ut aliam aquam mutarent.
      And although the foul water smelled bad, he didn't allow others to change the water.
    • 1544, ?, Aesculapius: de morborum ... cura liber experimentarius medicinae , (Strasbourg: published by John Schottum):
      ructant melancholici frequenter calidum, brumosum, fumosum.
      The melancholic [i.e. those with excessive black bile] often belch something hot, foul-smelling, smoky.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

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  • Catalan: bromós
  • Italian: brumoso
  • French: brumeux
  • Spanish: brumoso
  • Occitan: brumós

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