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Meaning of FUMOUS

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fum"ous\, a. [L. fumosus, fr. fumus smoke: cf. F.
fumeux.]
1. Producing smoke; smoky.

2. Producing fumes; full of fumes.

         Garlic, onions, mustard, and such-like fumous
         things.                               --Barough
                                               (1625).

 

 

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