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Definition of Fumous
1. a. Producing smoke; smoky.
Definition of Fumous
1. Adjective. (obsolete or literary) Of or resembling fumes or smoke. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fumous
1. fumy [adj] - See also: fumy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fumous
Literary usage of Fumous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"Turn to your left down a long street, and you will come out on a square fumous
of old for the burnings of the Inquisition. In its centre an iron stake stood ..."
2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Terry White, James T. White & Company (1898)
"In 1891 he argued the fumous original package case before the supreme court of
the United States. In the same year he delivered a notable address at Strong ..."
3. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"... the context is 3 I can give one very egregious perfectly unmistakable. I had
myself example of this. The fumous phrase, fallen in love with Uebcr alien ..."
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