sulphureous

/ sʌlˈfjʊərɪəs /

adjective

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

Derived Forms

• sulˈphureously, adverb
• sulˈphureousness, noun

Example Sentences

The underside of the lower wings are sulphureous, with very fine undulating or rather incontinuous lines of a yellowish colour.

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Water imbibes about twice its bulk of this kind of air, and it is then the same thing with the sulphureous waters of Harrowgate.

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There was a volcanic lake near Cumae called Avernus, whose waters gave out sulphureous vapours.

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The hills bordering upon the lake are said to abound with this sort of sulphureous stone.

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All I can recollect is, that an immense blaze of light was succeeded by an overpowering sulphureous smell,—then a dead silence.

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