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sulphurous
[ suhl-fer-uhs, suhl-fyoor-uhs ]
adjective
- pertaining to the fires of hell; hellish or satanic.
- fiery or heated.
sulphurous
/ ˈsʌlfərəs /
adjective
- Alsosulphureous of, relating to, or resembling sulphur
a sulphurous colour
- of or containing sulphur with an oxidation state of 4
sulphurous acid
- of or relating to hellfire
- hot-tempered
Derived Forms
- ˈsulphurousness, noun
- ˈsulphurously, adverb
Other Words From
- sulphur·ous·ly adverb
- sulphur·ous·ness noun
- non·sulphur·ous adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sulphurous1
Example Sentences
There was a terrible, sulphurous smell, like rotten eggs, and a tremendous pressure against my chest.
Nor did the voluble and sulphurous orders to halt that a patrol-ship flashed north.
On the superheated surface white streaks ran like lightning in a sulphurous cloud.
A distant but threatening thunder murmur broke from the heart of a bank of sulphurous clouds beating closely over the south.
This refrigerator is like those which we employ in our sulphurous anhydride frigorific apparatus.
Thus far the value of the products obtained by absorption of sulphurous acid has not been equal to the cost of producing them.
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