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Definition of Fumulus
1. Noun. A very thin cloud resembling a veil, especially one formed of water droplets from a rising plume (from a cooling tower etc) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fumulus
1. a thin cloud [n -LI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fumulus
Literary usage of Fumulus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"These volumes contain the lives of above two hundred eighty fumulus, who have
been celebrated for virtue, ..."
2. Ulrich Von Hutten: His Life and Times by David Friedrich Strauss (1874)
"In the case of Reuchlin himself, the Latin translation of his name, fumulus, was
used only by his adversaries ; while the Greek, ..."
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