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upbreeze

adj

Etymology

From up- + breeze.

  1. derived from *bʰerem-✻ — “to make a noise, buzz, hum”
  2. inherited from *bremusī✻ — “gadfly”
  3. inherited from brēosa
  4. inherited from brese
  5. prefixed as upbreeze — “up + breeze”

Definitions

  1. upwind

    • The brown fur was sleek, and the ears twitched a little while the nose worked, but Cole was upbreeze so the rabbit couldn't smell anything except Zeke, wherever Zeke was.

  2. A breeze that blows upward.

    • He twisted and turned in the upbreeze desperately trying to right himself, trying to cling to the finely smooth exterior of the marble citadel walls only to crash land into a rather large hedge in the gardens […]
    • It was hot, stifling, my robe's upbreeze now nonexistent.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA