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fumosity

fumosity noun: the quality of being fumous.

Noun

fumosity (usually uncountable, plural fumosities)

  1. (usually) The quality of being fumous.
    • [O]f meate vndigeſted, procedeth fumoſytie groſſe and vndygeſted, which aſcendynge vp into the heed, and touchynge the ryme, wherin the brayne is wrapped, cauſeth heed ache, […] Fynally, the ſayd fumoſitie, ingendred of repletion, percynge the innermoſt parte of the ſayd ſynewes, called ſenſible...153[9], Thomas Elyot, “Of Replecion”, in The Castel of Helth […], London: […] Thomæ Bertheleti […], →OCLC, book III, folios 54, recto – 54, verso
  2. (obsolete, usually) The fumes or vapor of alcoholic drink.

Forms of fumosity

pluralfumosities

Origin of fumosity

From Middle English fumosite, from Old French fumosité.

Questions about fumosity

What does fumosity mean?
Fumosity means the quality of being fumous.
What part of speech is fumosity?
Fumosity is a noun.
What is the plural of fumosity?
The plural of fumosity is fumosities.

Words near fumosity in the dictionary

  1. fumoirs
  2. fumonisin
  3. fumonisins
  4. fumose
  5. fumosities
  6. fumosity
  7. fumosorinone
  8. fumous
  9. fumously
  10. fumper
  11. fumpered

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