sulphureous
Britishadjective
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another word for sulphurous
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of the yellow colour of sulphur
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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 ● Apr. 11, 2024
When any substance containing phlogiston is heated in the vitriolic acid, another species of the acid, called sulphureous, is formed, of a pungent smell.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
The Bay of Aboukir resembled one wide flaming volcano, enveloped in the densest folds of sulphureous smoke.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
His locks hung to his ancles, his eyes were scattering fiery sparks; sulphureous flame stood in his mouth, he was frightfully feather-clad, and his hands were bound to his back.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
He has no whiff of sulphureous majesty about him.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
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