fungous

[ fuhng-guhs ]

adjective

1. of the nature of or resembling a fungus; funguslike:

   The fungous growth at the base of the tree was actually a type of moss.

2. fungal.

fungous

/ ˈfʌŋɡəs /

adjective

1. appearing suddenly and spreading quickly like a fungus, but not lasting
2. a less common word for fungal

Word History and Origins

Origin of fungous¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin fungōsus “fungous, spongy”; fungus, -ous

Example Sentences

He taught him how to clean letterpress and engravings from ferruginous, fungous, and other kinds of spots.

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The bottle was foul with slime and fungous growth, showing that it had been in the water for a long period.

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Soon she dived from the turquoise pedestal, swam swiftly ashore and vanished in the vivid fungous jungle.

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I shall sing a Song of the Sword, too, should the sword "thrust through the fatuous, thrust through the fungous brood."

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Felled trunks occasionally lay across it, and alongside were the hollow and fungous boles of trees sawn down in long past years.

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