brume

as in haze
an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency cloaked in the early-morning brume, the village did indeed look like some long-lost Brigadoon

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Recent Examples of brume The sublime glassy Radnor Lake pulls in photographers from around mid-Tennessee who often arrive early enough to shoot the morning brume that rises from the lake. New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020
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Noun
  • Doug Brown, director of stewardship at the Berkshire Natural Resources Council, a nonprofit that maintains nearly 14,000 acres of wild land and over 60 miles of trails in this western Massachusetts county, stares into the distant haze, shielding his eyes from the sun.
    Sophie Ungerleider, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The best conditions to see the night sky will be with clear skies without clouds or haze.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Neptune direct removes the fog from your sixth house of health habits and work dynamics.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • As the sun and Mercury align, the fog in your mind parts.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Test Fire Simulation will put visitors beneath a rocket engine and into a simulation that includes sounds, lights and a cooling mist.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Steve Jobs would come at a journalist like the rain in Buenaventura, aggressively pitching his message; Cook envelopes his interlocutors in a gentle mist and confides awed assessments of his company’s efforts.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The open cluster Westerlund 1 is located roughly 12,000 light-years away, residing behind a huge interstellar cloud of gas and dust.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Tips on how to view astronomical events: The best conditions to see the night sky will be with clear skies without clouds or haze.
    Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Brume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brume. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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