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sulfureous

sulfureous is the alternative spelling of sulphureous.

Meaning of sulphureous

Adjective

sulphureous (comparative more sulphureous, superlative most sulphureous)

  1. (UK, archaic) Sulphurous.
    • Thy blazing hearths, / From deep sulphureous pits, consumeless stores / Of fuel boast.1754, Robert Dodsley, Public Virtue, page 46

Questions about sulfureous

What is sulfureous the alternative spelling of?
Sulfureous is the alternative spelling of sulphureous.

Words near sulfureous in the dictionary

  1. sulfuration
  2. sulfurations
  3. sulfurator
  4. sulfurators
  5. sulfured
  6. sulfureous
  7. sulfureously
  8. sulfuret
  9. sulfureted
  10. sulfureting
  11. sulfurets

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