Definition of Fumous

1. a. Producing smoke; smoky.

Definition of Fumous

1. Adjective. (obsolete or literary) Of or resembling fumes or smoke. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fumous

1. fumy [adj] - See also: fumy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fumous

fuming
fuming sulfuric acid
fuming sulphuric acid
fumingly
fumish
fumishness
fumitez
fumitories
fumitory
fumitory family
fummel
fumoir
fumonisin
fumonisins
fumosity
fumous (current term)
fums
fumuli
fumulus
fumy
fun(a)
fun-loving
fun-size
fun and games
fun bags
fun run
fun size

Literary usage of Fumous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"Turn to your left down a long street, and you will come out on a square fumous of old for the burnings of the Inquisition. In its centre an iron stake stood ..."

2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Terry White, James T. White & Company (1898)
"In 1891 he argued the fumous original package case before the supreme court of the United States. In the same year he delivered a notable address at Strong ..."

3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"... the context is 3 I can give one very egregious perfectly unmistakable. I had myself example of this. The fumous phrase, fallen in love with Uebcr alien ..."

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