brumaladj.

Brit.

/ˈbruːməl/, U.S.

/ˈbruməl/

Forms: 1500s brumaill (Scottish), 1500s–1600s brumall, 1500s– brumal.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French brumal; Latin brūmālis.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French brumal belonging to winter, wintry (second half of the 15th cent. or earlier; French brumal ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin brūmālis belonging to winter, wintry < brūma shortest day, winter, use as noun (short for brūma diēs shortest day) of a contracted form of the superlative of brevis short (see brevi- comb. form) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Italian brumale wintry, foggy (c1350).

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of winter; wintry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to winter

wintryeOE

winterOE

winterlyOE

frostyc1430

brumala1522

hiemalc1560

wintering1591

winterish1610

wintereda1616

hiematical1631

hibernal1646

wintersome1840

mid-wintry1852

mid-winterly1892

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 14 Tha schort days that clerkis clepe brumaill.

1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. A2^v What barbarous people, stubborne or vntaimd, What climate vnder the Meridian signes, Or frozen Zone vnder his brumall stage, Erst haue not quaked and trembled at the name Of Britaine, and hir mightie Conquerour?

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 129 About the brumall Solstice..the Sea is calme, and the winds do cease.

1676 B. Tompson New Englands Crisis 19 Twas here these Monsters shapt and fac'd like men Took up there Rendezvouz and brumal den, Deeming the depth of snow, hail, frost and ice Would make our Infantry more tame and wise.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. iii. 22 In Spring, when the Earth and Waters are loosed from the brumal Constipations, the Vapours arise in great plenty.

1783 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 2 374 They walk barefooted, throughout the brumal season.

1813 Belfast Monthly Mag. 31 Jan. 47/1 Dark indeed are the brumal days that have no sun shine.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 32 What cheerfulness there was in brumal verse was that of Horace's.

1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman vii. 84 That brumal solitude derived from knowledge of hunger in December and thrashing gales in March.

1983 M. O'Donoghue Jedder's Land (1984) 41 Clumps of snowdrops..had magically withstood the brumal cold of the past week.

2001 P. Ball Bright Earth viii. 205 Here is a very different kind of atmospheric lighting: cold and brumal, veiled in the shadows of a low sun.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brumal
释义	brumaladj. Brit. /ˈbruːməl/, U.S. /ˈbruməl/ Forms: 1500s brumaill (Scottish), 1500s–1600s brumall, 1500s– brumal. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French brumal; Latin brūmālis. Etymology: < (i) Middle French brumal belonging to winter, wintry (second half of the 15th cent. or earlier; French brumal ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin brūmālis belonging to winter, wintry < brūma shortest day, winter, use as noun (short for brūma diēs shortest day) of a contracted form of the superlative of brevis short (see brevi- comb. form) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Italian brumale wintry, foggy (c1350). Of, belonging to, or characteristic of winter; wintry. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [adjective] > of or relating to winter wintryeOE winterOE winterlyOE frostyc1430 brumala1522 hiemalc1560 wintering1591 winterish1610 wintereda1616 hiematical1631 hibernal1646 wintersome1840 mid-wintry1852 mid-winterly1892 a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 14 Tha schort days that clerkis clepe brumaill. 1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. A2^v What barbarous people, stubborne or vntaimd, What climate vnder the Meridian signes, Or frozen Zone vnder his brumall stage, Erst haue not quaked and trembled at the name Of Britaine, and hir mightie Conquerour? 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 129 About the brumall Solstice..the Sea is calme, and the winds do cease. View more context for this quotation 1676 B. Tompson New Englands Crisis 19 Twas here these Monsters shapt and fac'd like men Took up there Rendezvouz and brumal den, Deeming the depth of snow, hail, frost and ice Would make our Infantry more tame and wise. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. iii. 22 In Spring, when the Earth and Waters are loosed from the brumal Constipations, the Vapours arise in great plenty. 1783 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 2 374 They walk barefooted, throughout the brumal season. 1813 Belfast Monthly Mag. 31 Jan. 47/1 Dark indeed are the brumal days that have no sun shine. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 32 What cheerfulness there was in brumal verse was that of Horace's. 1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman vii. 84 That brumal solitude derived from knowledge of hunger in December and thrashing gales in March. 1983 M. O'Donoghue Jedder's Land (1984) 41 Clumps of snowdrops..had magically withstood the brumal cold of the past week. 2001 P. Ball Bright Earth viii. 205 Here is a very different kind of atmospheric lighting: cold and brumal, veiled in the shadows of a low sun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1522
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