Dictionary Definition
brumal adj : characteristic of or relating to
winter; "bears in brumal sleep" [syn: hibernal, hiemal]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From the brumalis, from bruma (meaning winter) which is a contraction of brevima, (meaning ‘the shortest day’).Adjective
- belonging to winter; winter-like
- characteristic or related to winter
- occurring in winter
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Siberian, aestival, algid, arctic, autumn, autumnal, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brisk, canicular, cold, cold as charity, cold as
death, cold as ice, cold as marble, crisp, cutting, equinoctial, freezing, freezing cold,
frigid, gelid, glacial, hibernal, hiemal, hyperborean, ice-cold,
ice-encrusted, icelike,
icy, inclement, keen, midsummer, midwinter, nipping, nippy, numbing, out of season, penetrating, piercing, pinching, raw, rigorous, seasonal, severe, sharp, sleety, slushy, snappy, solstitial, spring, springlike, stone-cold,
subzero, summer, summerlike, summerly, summery, supercooled, vernal, winter, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry