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spumeous

spumeous is the obsolete form of spumous.

Meaning of spumous

Adjective

spumous (comparative more spumous, superlative most spumous)

  1. frothy or foamy; spumy
    • The spumous and florid State which the Blood acquires in passing through the Lungs.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

Forms of spumeous

comparativemore spumeous
superlativemost spumeous

Questions about spumeous

What is spumeous the obsolete form of?
Spumeous is the obsolete form of spumous.

Words near spumeous in the dictionary

  1. spumaviruses
  2. spume
  3. spumed
  4. spumellarian
  5. spumellarians
  6. spumeous
  7. spumes
  8. spumescence
  9. spumescent
  10. spumid
  11. spumier

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