单词 | antifuliginous |
释义 | antifuliginousadj. Chiefly humorous. Opposed to smoke (as a pollutant), or to smoking. ΚΠ 1838 R. Southey Epist. to A. Cunningham (rev. ed.) in Poet. Wks. III. 306 Thy laws Antifuliginous; extend those laws Till every chimney its own smoke consume. 1846 Q. Rev. Mar. 385 Since the lamented loss of Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor, of antifuliginous memory, the smoke of the metropolis has become exceedingly mutinous. 1947 I. J. C. Brown Say Word 15 Most such wives were anti-fuliginous too—the word is one of Southey's—and took steps against tobacco. 1997 W. Hallberg Soul of Golf vii. 111 Rachel is an antifuliginous crusader in a state where tobacco is sacramental. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1838 |
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