sulphurous
[suhl-fer-uh s, suhl-fyoo r-uh s]
- sulfurous(defs 1, 2).
- pertaining to the fires of hell; hellish or satanic.
- fiery or heated.
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Origin of sulphurous
First recorded in 1520–30; spelling variant of sulfurous
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Examples from the Web for sulphurous
Contemporary Examples
There was a terrible, sulphurous smell, like rotten eggs, and a tremendous pressure against my chest.
Historical Examples
The air was saturated with the acrid and unpleasant odor of sulphurous acid.
In Search of the CastawaysJules Verne
But he was furious and sulphurous, and that is why I have changed to homeopathy.
By the morning we had got quite accustomed to the sulphurous odours.
A Girl's Ride in IcelandEthel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
The sky was tinged with sulphurous hues, the red and the black intermixed.
A Strange Story, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Sulphurous acid destroys the colour of solution of hematine.
sulphurous
- Also: sulphureous of, relating to, or resembling sulphura sulphurous colour
- of or containing sulphur with an oxidation state of 4sulphurous acid
- of or relating to hellfire
- hot-tempered
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Word Origin and History for sulphurous
adj.
see sulfurous.
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