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fumy

[ fyoo-mee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, fum·i·er, fum·i·est.

Origin of fumy¹

First recorded in 1560–70; fume + -y ¹

Then they went out into the wood that was flooded with bluebells, while fumy forget-me-nots were in the paths.

Out of the fumy darkness insects dropped, stunned with light, and moved feebly on the path.

She lurched a step and stopped and swayed and looked again, battling perhaps with hints within her fumy brain of recognition.

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