spumous

English

Etymology

From Middle English spumous, from Latin spūmōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspjuːməs/

Adjective

spumous (comparative more spumous, superlative most spumous)

1. frothy or foamy; spumy
   • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], 1st Irish edition, Dublin: […] S. Powell, for George Risk, […], George Ewing, […], and William Smith, […], →OCLC:

     The spumous and florid State which the Blood acquires in passing through the Lungs.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spumouse, spumose

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spūmōsus; equivalent to spume +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspiu̯mus/

Adjective

spumous

1. (pathology, Late Middle English, rare) spumous, foamy

Descendants

• English: spumous

References

• “spūmǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.