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sulfureux.

sulfurous / sulphurous

9 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/syl.fy.ʁø/

  1. sulfurous / sulphurous

  2. scandalous (clothing, etc.)

    figuratively

  3. inflammatory (behaviour, etc.), fire-and-brimstone

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin sulphurōsus, from sulphur (whence soufre).

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