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sulphurous

[ suhl-fer-uhs, suhl-fyoor-uhs ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to the fires of hell; hellish or satanic.
  2. fiery or heated.


sulphurous

/ ˈʌəə /

adjective

  1. Alsosulphureous of, relating to, or resembling sulphur

    a sulphurous colour

  2. of or containing sulphur with an oxidation state of 4

    sulphurous acid

  3. of or relating to hellfire
  4. hot-tempered
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱܰdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈܱܰdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܱpܰ·dzܲ· adverb
  • ܱpܰ·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·ܱpܰ·dzܲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sulphurous1

First recorded in 1520–30; spelling variant of sulfurous
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Clouds of sulphurous gases swirled around the crater and fissures opened up in the rock just metres away, revealing molten rock below.

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On China's frenetic and hugely popular retail livestreams, glamorous hosts sell goods ranging from shoes and lipsticks to baby products and, increasingly, truckloads of sulphurous coal.

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The Russian nationalist leader was a senior lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric and antics alarmed the West but appealed to Russians’ aggrievement and wounded pride.

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From time to time the sea would flare with a soft sulphurous light where forty feet down Oiler was working with the cuttingtorch.

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The air was oppressive; it seemed as if there was some sulphurous fume, which at times made me dizzy.

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