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fumous

/ˈfjuməs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fu-mous
IPA
/ˈfjuməs/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or resembling fumes or smoke.

Literary; Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English fumous, from Latin fūmōsus, equivalent to fume + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: fumous, fūmōsus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more fumous (comparative) most fumous (superlative)

Derived Forms

fumously

Questions

How do you pronounce fumous?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfjuməs/.
What does fumous mean?
Of or resembling fumes or smoke.
Where does fumous come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce fumous

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