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  1. fumiferous love

Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Producing smoke.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Producing smoke.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Producing smoke.

Etymologies

  1. Latin fumifer; fumus smoke + ferre to bear. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Brewer, that hopes to draw as much Drink from a quarter of this, as he does from pale or amber sorts: This Malt by some is thought to occasion the Gravel and Stone, besides what is commonly called the Heart-burn; and is by its steely nature less nourishing than the pale or amber Malts, being very much impregnated with the fiery fumiferous Particles of the”

    The London and Country Brewer

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  • reesetee He/she could frolic in the autumn mist with Puff. ;-) Sep 22, 2007

  • colleen brilliant! Sep 22, 2007

  • kad and 'fumi' would be a great nickname for a dragon :) Sep 22, 2007

  • herotuesday If I had a pet dragon, this would absolutely be its name. Sep 22, 2007

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