brumal
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Belonging to winter; wintry; hibernal.
Examples
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Her brother wintered at Welland; but whether because his experience of tropic climes had unfitted him for the brumal rigours of Britain, or for some other reason, he seldom showed himself out of doors, and Swithin caught but passing glimpses of him.
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The fair complexions of the people prove that this account of the brumal rigours is not exaggerated.
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He shivers in brumal blasts, and hungry he chirps before your door.
Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales
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During the previous night, however, the sky had cleared, and now the air was filled with those familiar brumal sounds, the scraping of shovels and the ringing of sleighbells, that usually make such a pleasant appeal to those within-doors; but the bishop was merely moved to impatient longing for the spring.
Note
'Brumal' comes from the Latin 'bruma,' winter, which comes from 'brevima (dies),' the shortest (day) or winter solstice.
