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sulphurous

American  
[suhl-fer-uhs, suhl-fyoor-uhs] / ˈsʌl fər əs, sʌlˈfyʊər əs /

adjective

  1. sulfurous.

  2. pertaining to the fires of hell; hellish or satanic.

  3. fiery or heated.

sulphurous British  
/ ˈsʌlfərəs /

adjective

  1. Also: sulphureous.  of, relating to, or resembling sulphur

    a sulphurous colour

  2. of or containing sulphur with an oxidation state of 4

    sulphurous acid

  3. of or relating to hellfire

  4. hot-tempered

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Other Word Forms

  • nonsulphurous adjective
  • sulphurously adverb
  • sulphurousness noun

Etymology

Origin of sulphurous

First recorded in 1520–30; spelling variant of sulfurous

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