damp haze

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• dumps — n.pl. colloq. depression; melancholy (in the dumps). Etymology: prob. f. LG or Du., fig. use of MDu. domp exhalation, haze, mist: rel. to DAMP * * * [dəmps] plural n. in phrase down (down) in the dumps informal …   Useful english dictionary

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• dhem-, dhemǝ- —     dhem , dhemǝ     English meaning: to smoke; to blow     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stieben, rauchen (Rauch, Dunst, Nebel; nebelgrau, rauchfarben = dũster, dunkel), wehen, blasen (hauchen = riechen)”     Material: O.Ind. dhámati “blows” (dhami… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

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