foamyadj.

Brit.

/ˈfəʊmi/, U.S.

/ˈfoʊmi/

Forms: Old English fámig, fǽmig, Middle English–1600s fomy, fomie, 1500s foomy, Scottish famy, 1600s– foamy.

Etymology: Old English fámig, fǽmig, < fám, foam n.

1. Covered with foam, full of foam, frothy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth

foamyOE

foaminga1400

spumingc1400

frothy?1531

spurging1566

fretting1567

fuming1598

white-mouthed1598

frory1600

yeastya1616

frothed1616

frothing1628

lathering1630

mantling1633

sudding1633

spumeous1635

spewy1743

spooming1818

despumatious1819

yeastinga1821

creaming1825

spumous1854

frothsome1880

lathery1880

bubblesome1946

OE Riddle 3 19 Famig winneð wæg wið wealle, wonn ariseð dun ofer dype.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1208 The fomy brydil with the bit of gold Governyth he.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vi. 151 The fomy mowthis of the haisty stedis.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 140 The slipp'ry God..With foamy Tusks he seems a bristly Boar.

1744 J. Warton Enthusiast 6 Whence a foamy Stream, Like Anio, tumbling roars.

1816 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 41 331 They drain the foamy mug.

1821 Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 10 642 The wild waves curl their bleak and foamy heads.

2. Consisting of, or of the nature of, foam; of, pertaining to, or resembling foam.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth > relating to or resembling foam

foamy1398

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth > consisting or of the nature of foam or froth

spumousc1400

spumose1576

foamy1601

frothy1605

spumya1618

spumiform1805

spumescent1856

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. vi. 89 By medlynge of colera blood semyth redde..by flewme it semyth watry and fomy.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 397 The foamie moisture that shel-snails yeeld.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 155 The foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave.

1878 R. W. Gilder Poet & Master 14 The foamy whitening Of the water below the mill.

1881 W. H. Mallock Romance 19th Cent. II. 196 A cloud of foamy lilac-blossom.

Derivatives

ˈfoaminess n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > state of being foamy or frothy

frothiness1615

yeastiness1778

spumescence1794

foaminess1887

1887 G. M. Fenn Devon Boys xviii. 184 The waves lost their fierce foaminess.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foamy
释义	foamyadj. Brit. /ˈfəʊmi/, U.S. /ˈfoʊmi/ Forms: Old English fámig, fǽmig, Middle English–1600s fomy, fomie, 1500s foomy, Scottish famy, 1600s– foamy. Etymology: Old English fámig, fǽmig, < fám, foam n. 1. Covered with foam, full of foam, frothy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth foamyOE foaminga1400 spumingc1400 frothy?1531 spurging1566 fretting1567 fuming1598 white-mouthed1598 frory1600 yeastya1616 frothed1616 frothing1628 lathering1630 mantling1633 sudding1633 spumeous1635 spewy1743 spooming1818 despumatious1819 yeastinga1821 creaming1825 spumous1854 frothsome1880 lathery1880 bubblesome1946 OE Riddle 3 19 Famig winneð wæg wið wealle, wonn ariseð dun ofer dype. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1208 The fomy brydil with the bit of gold Governyth he. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vi. 151 The fomy mowthis of the haisty stedis. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 140 The slipp'ry God..With foamy Tusks he seems a bristly Boar. 1744 J. Warton Enthusiast 6 Whence a foamy Stream, Like Anio, tumbling roars. 1816 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 41 331 They drain the foamy mug. 1821 Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 10 642 The wild waves curl their bleak and foamy heads. 2. Consisting of, or of the nature of, foam; of, pertaining to, or resembling foam. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth > relating to or resembling foam foamy1398 the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth > consisting or of the nature of foam or froth spumousc1400 spumose1576 foamy1601 frothy1605 spumya1618 spumiform1805 spumescent1856 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. vi. 89 By medlynge of colera blood semyth redde..by flewme it semyth watry and fomy. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 397 The foamie moisture that shel-snails yeeld. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 155 The foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave. 1878 R. W. Gilder Poet & Master 14 The foamy whitening Of the water below the mill. 1881 W. H. Mallock Romance 19th Cent. II. 196 A cloud of foamy lilac-blossom. Derivatives ˈfoaminess n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > state of being foamy or frothy frothiness1615 yeastiness1778 spumescence1794 foaminess1887 1887 G. M. Fenn Devon Boys xviii. 184 The waves lost their fierce foaminess. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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