Crossword clues for sulfurous
sulfurous
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, "containing or resembling sulfur, of the nature of brimstone," from Latin sulphurosus "full of sulfur," or a native formation from sulfur + -ous. Hence figurative use with suggestions of hellfire (c.1600). Scientific chemistry sense is from 1790. The spelling with -ph- is standard in Britain. Earlier in the "brimstone-like" sense was sulphureose (early 15c.), and Old English had sweflen. Related: Sulfurously; sulphurously; sulfurousness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Containing sulfur. 2 (context chemistry English) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its lower oxidation state. alt. 1 Containing sulfur. 2 (context chemistry English) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its lower oxidation state.
WordNet
adj. harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulphurous, venomous, virulent, vitriolic]
characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" [syn: sultry, stifling, sulphurous]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "sulfurous".
The aroma that fills, as it were, the nostrils of my memory is the sulfurous, protein-dissolving fetor of Nair.
Their bodies were covered with thick, ironlike scales, their arms rippled with power, their faces were mocking, their sulfurous breath choked him.
A sulfurous smell burned the nostrils of both men, and then a faint hum sounded as a short, spry, almost elflike wizard appeared in the room, his yellow-gold cape billowing with the last puffs of smoke.
The sulfurous aroma of the mineral springs blended dankly with the smell of wet leaves.
Thy rancorous denouncements and sulfurous rhetoric shall not alter that fact.
We would walk along the banks of the beautiful Androscoggin River north of the pulp mills, ignoring the sulfurous stench and taking simple joy in the dark mirrored water, the flaming maples in autumn, and the low mountains that enclosed our New Hampshire valley.
It was even taller at the shoulder than a dray horse of Mafloo, its breath hot and sulfurous.
The chalikos had their own distinctive smell, odd and sulfurous, like a flatus of turnips.
A foul wind rushed across the land, bringing with it a sulfurous miasma that made Roran cough and gag.
The only variation in the brownish sea was that at a few locations large, lazy bubbles rose from the glop and burst with a sulfurous stink.
So too were the stepped pyramids, the deep-dug fighting pits with their rings of descending seats, the sulfurous fountains and gloomy wine caves, and the ancient walls that encircled them.
After a moment, he tottered upright, out of the tent into the sulfurous air that swirled and swept up the hillside.
Sulfurous, fulminating tropical air begins to leak in through the jumbo's air vents.