sulfurous
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/ˈsʌlfəɹəs/
(US)
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/ˈsʌlfəɹəs/ (US) · /sʌlˈfjuɹəs/ (UK)
Definition of sulfurous
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(US)Containing sulfur.
“It must be so—I will arise and waken The multitude, and like a sulphurous hill, Which on a sudden from its snows had shaken The swoon of ages, it shall burst, and fill The world with cleansing fire; it must, it will— It may not be restrained!”
“The miners slowly walked up the steep crater walls, stopping frequently while clouds of sulfurous gas blanketed the crater in the background.”
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adj
-
(US)Containing sulfur.
“It must be so—I will arise and waken The multitude, and like a sulphurous hill, Which on a sudden from its snows had shaken The swoon of ages, it shall burst, and fill The world with cleansing fire; it must, it will— It may not be restrained!”
“The miners slowly walked up the steep crater walls, stopping frequently while clouds of sulfurous gas blanketed the crater in the background.”
- Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its lower oxidation state.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin sulphurōsus. By surface analysis, sulfur + -ous.
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