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sulphurous

(sʌlfərəs)
regional note: in AM, use sulfurous
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Sulphurous air or places contain sulphur or smell of sulphur.
...sulphurous volcanic gases.
...a sulphurous spring.

sulphurous in British English

(ˈsʌlfərəs)
adjective
1.  Also: sulphureous
of, relating to, or resembling sulphur
a sulphurous colour
2. 
of or containing sulphur with an oxidation state of 4
sulphurous acid
3. 
of or relating to hellfire
4. 
hot-tempered
Derived forms
sulphurously (ˈsulphurously)
adverb
sulphurousness (ˈsulphurousness)
noun

Examples of 'sulphurous' in a sentence
sulphurous

He climbed from the sulphurous waters, wrapping himself with English discretion in a white towelling bathrobe.
Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE (2002)
There was only a bedside lamp on and a bad sulphurous smell in the room.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
Would have been a great pity to torment someone like that for an eternity in sulphurous fires, don't you think?
Matthews, Lew A CONVICTION OF GUILT (2002)
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