sulphureous

UK/sʌlˈf(j)ɔːɹɪəs/

sulphureous adjective: sulphurous.

Adjective

sulphureous (comparative more sulphureous, superlative most sulphureous)

(UK, archaic) Sulphurous.
- Thy blazing hearths, / From deep sulphureous pits, consumeless stores / Of fuel boast.1754, Robert Dodsley, Public Virtue, page 46
- The plain of Naples is the image of human passions; sulphureous and fertile; its dangers and its pleasures seem born of these fiery volcanoes, which give the air so many charms, and cause the thunderbolt to growl beneath our feet.1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[[Book XIII. Vesuvius and the plain of Naples.] Chap[ter] IV.] The extempore effusion of Corinna on the Plain of Naples.”, in...

An excited and highly distempered ideality threw a sulphureous lustre over all.1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher:
It was filled with clear water very near the boiling point, and emitted clouds of steam with a strong sulphureous odour.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 405:

From Latin sulphureus, sulfureus.

What does sulphureous mean?: Sulphureous means sulphurous.
How do you use sulphureous in a sentence?: An excited and highly distempered ideality threw a sulphureous lustre over all.
What part of speech is sulphureous?: Sulphureous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sulphureous?: Sulphureous is pronounced /sʌlˈf(j)ɔːɹɪəs/ (UK).

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