spumous
English
Etymology
From Middle English spumous, from Latin spūmōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspjuːməs/
Adjective
spumous (comparative more spumous, superlative most spumous)
- frothy or foamy; spumy
- 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:
- The spumous and florid State which the Blood acquires in passing through the Lungs.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spūmōsus; equivalent to spume + -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspiu̯mus/
Adjective
spumous
- (pathology, Late Middle English, rare) spumous, foamy
Descendants
- English: spumous
References
- “spūmǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.