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Word Meanings - FUMINGLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In a fuming manner; angrily. "They answer fumingly." Hooker.

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  • FUMELESS
    Free from fumes.
  • FUMBLINGLY
    In the manner of one who fumbles.
  • ANGRILY
    In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
  • FUMBLE
    famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm 1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something. Adams now began to fumble in his pockets. Fielding. 2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly;
  • FUM
    To play upon a fiddle. Follow me, and fum as you go. B. Jonson.
  • FUMAROLE
    A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue.
  • FUME
    1. Exhalation; volatile matter ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. The fumes of new shorn hay. T. Warton. The fumes of undigested wine. Dryden. 2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control;
  • ANSWER
    1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation. 2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to ; to
  • FUMED OAK
    Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure in an air-tight compartment to fumes of ammonia from uncorked cans, being first given a coat of filler.
  • FUMITORY
    The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic.
  • FUMIGATORY
    Having the quality of purifying by smoke.
  • FUMING
    Producing fumes, or vapors. Cadet's fuming liquid , alkarsin. -- Fuming liquor of Libsvius , stannic chloride; the chloride of tin, SnCl4, forming a colorless, mobile liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it solidifies to the so-called
  • FUMBLER
    One who fumbles.
  • FUMOUS
    1. Producing smoke; smoky. 2. Producing fumes; full of fumes. Garlic, onions, mustard, and such-like fumous things. Barough .
  • FUMINGLY
    In a fuming manner; angrily. "They answer fumingly." Hooker.
  • FUMARINE
    An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.
  • FUMIGATE
    1. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors. 2. To smoke; to perfume. Dryden.
  • FUMATORY
    See FUMITORY
  • FUMETERE
    Fumitory.
  • MANNERIST
    One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
  • EFFUMABILITY
    The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. Boyle.
  • INFUMED
    Dried in smoke; smoked.
  • INFUMATED
    Clouded; having a cloudy appearance.
  • UNMANNERLY
    Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
  • SFUMATO
    Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.
  • PERFUMER
    1. One who, oe that which, perfumes. 2. One whose trade is to make or sell perfumes.
  • UNANSWERABLE
    Not answerable; irrefutable; conclusive; decisive; as, he have an unanswerable argument. -- Un*an"swer*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*an"swer*a*bly, adv.

 

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