Breeze Definition
(intransitive) To buzz.
(weather) To blow gently.
- with little or no effort; easily
- to converse idly about trivial matters
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Breeze
- in a breeze
- shoot the breeze
Origin of Breeze
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From Middle English brese, from Old English brēosa, variant of Old English brimsa (“gadfly”), from Proto-Germanic *bremusī (“gadfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerem- (“to make a noise, buzz, hum”). Cognate with Eastern Frisian brims (“gadfly”), Dutch brems (“horsefly, warblefly”), German Bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Danish bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Swedish broms (“gadfly, horsefly”). Related also to Middle English brimse (“gadfly”), Old English bremman (“to rage, roar”), Latin fremō (“roar, snort, growl, grumble”). See also bream.
From Wiktionary
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1555, nautical term brise (“breeze”), from Dutch bries (“breeze”), from Eastern Frisian brîse (“breeze”), from brisen (“to blow fresh and strong”). Formally related to Albanian breshër (“hail”).
From Wiktionary
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Probably from French braise hot coals from Old French brese of Germanic origin bhreu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Perhaps from Old Spanish briza northeast wind
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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