spumousadj.
/ˈspjuːməs/, U.S. /ˈspjuməs/ 1. Of the nature of, having the appearance of, froth or foam.
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the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth > consisting or of the nature of foam or froth
spumousc1400
spumose1576
foamy1601
frothy1605
spumya1618
spumiform1805
spumescent1856
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 164 Þe blood þat goiþ out of þe wounde wole be spumous & cleer.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 201 Þere is engendrid þere a maner spumous substaunce.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 134 If..the excrement which is voyded from the mouth be spumous, pale and crude.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 237 That spumous, frothy dew or exudation, or both, found upon Plants. View more context for this quotation
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 376 The Mass of Blood..render'd..spumous and sparkling.
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 296 Had the blood proceeded from the lungs, he judged it would have been spumous, or mixed with air bubbles.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 400 Corallum with very short calicles, truncate, rising from a spumous base.
2. Marked by foam; foaming.
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the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth
foamyOE
foaminga1400
spumingc1400
frothy?1531
spurging1566
fretting1567
fuming1598
white-mouthed1598
frory1600
yeastya1616
frothed1616
frothing1628
lathering1630
mantling1633
sudding1633
spumeous1635
spewy1743
spooming1818
despumatious1819
yeastinga1821
creaming1825
spumous1854
frothsome1880
lathery1880
bubblesome1946
1854 C. Dickens Hard Times ii. i. 133 Down upon the river..rowed a crazy boat, which made a spumous track upon the water.
1876 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land II. 62 The fierce rollers of the spumous sea broke and recoiled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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