Friday, November 09, 2007

Words

For those of you who love words, as I do, here's a site to look at and Learn a New Word.

I have learned the word burmal:

(BROO-mull)
Pertaining to or occurring in winter.

It's from Latin bruma, meaning "winter." (Interestingly, the Latin word bruma itself is thought to be adapted from the Latin term for "winter solstice" -- brevima diesor "shortest day.")
"Once again, the inclement weather and resulting cabin fever was quickly adding up to another brumal bummer for Brunhilde."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

burmal.... makes me think of thermal... plus a huge brrrr factor

;)

Anonymous said...

burmal.... makes me think of thermal... plus a huge brrrr factor ;)