Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fog or mist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mist; fog; vapors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Mist; fog; vapors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun literary Mist, fog, vapour.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In studying a 13th-century scroll where nine scaly dragons writhe through a sepia mist, Mr. Li focused on a spot near the center where the brume twists into a spiral.
How to Talk Back to a Chinese Master Lee Lawrence 2011
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Wih laik teh Baff alawt – itza gud plais tu getz obur teh jettlagz frum haveng tu crost teh Pond wiffowt haveng tu goe strait intu teh hubbub uv Lundun awl tyrd and grumpee frum teh lawng flite sitteng awn an brume foar awl tohse owers goeng akros teh Pond kan getz tyreng inz a hurree.
The Lord - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Ai will bring teh sweepy brume fur cleenin up after awl the breakabloling ov teh dishus n playtes
Video: Kitteh Wants the Ceiling Fan! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Muss be awful skinnee if can hidez unner de cowch. maibe b hined? oar ina brume closit?
For a present, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The air thickened around him, a metallic brume that watered his eyes.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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Heremon, nolens volens, brood our pansies, brune in brume.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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The air thickened around him, a metallic brume that watered his eyes.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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The air thickened around him, a metallic brume that watered his eyes.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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‘Have you noticed how the thousands of dry twigs between the trunks make a brown mist, a brume?’
The Trespasser 2003
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Ahead, the mountains loomed huge and craggy against the skyline, a massing of jagged peaks and rugged cliffs piled one on top of the other until they faded away into the brume-shrouded distance.
Morgawr Brooks, Terry 2002
drumma commented on the word brume
n a thick, heavy atmospheric condition offering reduced visibility because of the presence of suspended particles
November 15, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word brume
JM is befogged and looking for a new brume!
January 9, 2010