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spumose

spumose is the alternative 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 spumose

comparativemore spumose
superlativemost spumose

Questions about spumose

What is spumose the alternative form of?
Spumose is the alternative form of spumous.

Words near spumose in the dictionary

  1. spuminess
  2. spuming
  3. spumone
  4. spumoni
  5. spumonis
  6. spumose
  7. spumous
  8. spumy
  9. spun
  10. spun a tale
  11. spun a yarn

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