breeze

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A light, gentle wind.

   A cool breeze blew in from the sea.

2. 2
   noun

   Something that is very easy to do.

   After studying Latin, learning Spanish was a breeze.

3. 3
   verb

   To move quickly and easily, or in a confident, carefree way.

   She breezed through the exam and finished early.

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 Dutch brems (“horsefly, warblefly”), German Bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Danish bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Swedish broms (“gadfly, horsefly”). Related also to Middle English brimse (“gadfly”), French brize (“gadfly”), Old English bremman (“to rage, roar”), Latin fremō (“roar, snort, growl, grumble”). See also bream.

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