sulphureous

/ sʌlˈfjʊərɪəs /

adjective

1. another word for sulphurous
2. of the yellow colour of sulphur

Derived Forms

• sulˈphureousness, noun
• sulˈphureously, adverb

Example Sentences

As in “Study for Yellow Sky,” a vigorously brushed evocation of bright blue buildings against a sulphureous background, done in 1986, she could pack a colossal amount of energy into a confined space.

From New York Times

She said not one word, but munched and munched away, while Morty looked at her in silence.—"What's your name?" at last demanded the old hag, a sulphureous puff coming out of her mouth, her nostrils distending, and her eyes growing redder than ever, when she had finished her question.

From Project Gutenberg

Above brown, spotted with sulphur; beneath sulphureous, with black spots; head and chin black; feathers of the breast lengthened, and ending in long setaceous hairs.

From Project Gutenberg

To these springs, which are warm and slightly sulphureous, and to the “Plutonium”—a hole reaching deep into the earth, from which issued a mephitic vapour—the place owed its celebrity and sanctity.

From Project Gutenberg

There is a sulphureous pool which may represent the “Plutonium,” but it has no such deadly power as was ascribed to that pond.

From Project Gutenberg