† fumidadj.

Forms: Also 1600s fumide.

Etymology: < Latin fūmidus, < fūmus fume n.

Obsolete.

Fuming, vaporous.

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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

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [adjective] > other miscellaneous attributes

corded1486

labelled1570

sousant1595

flamant1607

flotant1610

imbrued1610

inflamed1610

scintillant1610

flambanta1661

perflant1678

fumant1828

picoté?1828

tetragonalc1828

varvelledc1828

cloué1869

indexed1885

fumid1889

staffed1891

1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) 210 The cause..is..drinking of strong and fumide drinke.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. i. ix. 24 Every smell, or fumide exhalation breathing out of bodyes.

1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium ii. 16 Two or three of these fumid vortices, are able to whirle it about the whole City.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ix. 31 The Vegetable Spirit is of the same Nature with the Plant..the Fumid Spirit with the Odour.

1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 445/2 The comet..appeared like..a rude mass of matter illuminated with a dusky fumid light.

1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 64/2 Fumid, emitting smoke.

Derivatives

† fuˈmidity n. Obsolete the condition or quality of being fumid.

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the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > action of being emitted or emitting

exhalation1398

smoking1530

fuminga1535

fumity1572

elevation1605

fumidity1623

avolation1650

fumosity1650

fumidness1727

steaming1819

outgassing1919

off-gassing1979

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Fumiditie, smoake.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Fumidity, smoakiness.

† ˈfumidness n. Obsolete = fumidity n.

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