spumy

  • 41spume — /spjum / (say spyoohm) noun 1. foam; froth; scum. –verb (spumed, spuming) –verb (i) 2. to foam; froth. –verb (t) 3. to send forth as or like foam or froth. {Middle English, from Latin spūma} –spumous, spumy, adjective …

  • 42foamy — [adj] bubbly barmy, boiling, burbling, carbonated, creamy, ebullient, effervescent, fermented, fizzy, frothy, lathery, scummy*, seething, simmering, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy, yeasty; concept 485 Ant. flat …

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  • 43frothy — [adj] bubbly barmy, bubbling, fermenting, fizzing, fizzy, foaming, foamy, soapy, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy, with a head on*, yeasty; concept 485 Ant. flat …

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  • 44spume — [spyo͞om] n. [ME < MFr espume < L spuma: see FOAM] foam, froth, or scum vt., vi. spumed, spuming to foam or froth spumous adj. spumy spumier spumiest …

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  • 45effervescent — adjective 1. used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide sparkling wines sparkling water • Syn: ↑sparkling • Ant: ↑still (for: ↑sparkling) …

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  • 46spume — n. & v.intr. froth, foam. Derivatives: spumous adj. spumy adj. (spumier, spumiest). Etymology: ME f. OF (e)spume or L spuma …

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  • 47spumose — ˈspyüˌmōs,  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: Latin spumosus : spumy …

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  • 48spumous — məs adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin spumosus, from spuma foam + osus ous, ose more at foam : spumy …

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  • 49spuminess — ˈspuminess rare 0. [f. spumy a.] ‘Frothiness’ (Bailey, vol. II, 1727) …

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