fumoseadj.
/fjuːˈməʊs/ 1. Full of fumes, giving off fumes, vaporous, flatulent.
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the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > full of or emitting fumes or vapour
reekingOE
fumosec1400
fuming1575
smokyc1590
vaporous1594
fumid1597
smokinga1616
vapouring1648
fumiferous1656
fumigant1727
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. B.) 25 To entempren þe fumose hete of þe same herte.
1436 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 162 To feche the fumose wine.
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 354 Y pray yow for to telle me Certenle of how many metes þat ar fumose in þeire degre.
1861 Wheat & Tares 199 The ‘Publican and Sinner’ wafted its praises aloft on a cloud of fumose panegyric.
2. Smoky, thick with smoke, like smoke.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to smoke > smoky, full of, or of nature of smoke
smoky1398
fumose?a1475
reekya1522
fumish1613
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 319 He..seyde ofte tymes when wyndes scholde folowe by fumose vapores ascendenge.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Fumose.
1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 733 What fumose volume comes from the sheets!
3. Botany. (See quot. 1866.)
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the world > plants > appearance of plant > plant defined by colour or marking > [adjective] > having particular type marking or colouring
streaked1600
marbled1629
muscadine1646
agated1665
silver-cupped1688
red-top1705
tessellated1723
lineate1777
fancy1793
red-tipped1800
areolated1802
white-lipped1813
variegated1818
pennaceous1819
streak-flowered1822
limbate1826
unbroken1829
sanguine-heart1840
rivulose1843
pencilled1846
areolate1847
notate1857
sigillate1858
discolor1859
discolorous1860
fumose1866
fumous1866
tricolour1866
unnetted1869
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Fumous, Fumose, grey, changing to brown, smoke-coloured.
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