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fuliginosity|fjuːˌlɪdʒɪˈnɒsɪtɪ| [ad. F. fuliginosité, f. L. fūlīginōs-us (see next) + -ity.] The condition or quality of being fuliginous or sooty; sooty matter, soot.
1758Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. I. 185 A short tapering funnel..which will serve for a chimney to carry off all fuliginosities. 1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. 471 All fuliginosities arising from combustion on the surface of the earth are finally carried into the sea. fig.1837Carlyle Mirabeau, Ess. (1840) V. 136 In the old Marquis there dwells withal..a latent fury and fuliginosity very perverting. 1895Expositor Nov. 350 This might be due to intentional fuliginosity—(if I may coin a word) but it cannot be the case that the whole of the Talmud has been wilfully obscured. |