Etymology

fumiferous

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Today it means: Producing smoke. Full definition →

Latin fumifer
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  1. Latin · derived fromfumifer
  2. English todayfumiferous

From Latin fumifer (fumus (“smoke”) + ferre (“to bear”)) + -ous.

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