What is "spumous"

Spumous \Spum"ous\ (sp[=u]m"[u^]s), Spumy \Spum"y\ (sp[=u]m"[y^]), a. [L. spumosus, fr. spuma foam: cf. F. spumeux.] Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy.

The spumous and florid state of the blood.
--Arbuthnot.

The spumy waves proclaim the watery war.
--Dryden.

a. frothy or foamy; spumy

adj. covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy milkshakes"; "frothy waves"; "spumy surf" [syn: bubbling, foaming, foamy, frothing, spumy, sudsy]