spumoseadj.
/spjuːˈməʊs/ rare.
= spumous adj.
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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
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iv. f. 222v At any tyme..may this water be drawne..and conuerted after into a spumouse substaunce.
1683 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 132 A little spike of bright purple or red flowers, which afterwards turned to spumose vesicles.
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 798 A vesicular or spumose organ adhering to foot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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