spumous
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English spumous, from Latin spūmōsus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spumous (comparative more spumous, superlative most spumous)
- frothy or foamy; spumy
- 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:
- The spumous and florid State which the Blood acquires in passing through the Lungs.
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin spūmōsus; equivalent to spume + -ous.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spumous
Descendants
[edit]- English: spumous
References
[edit]- “spūmǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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