Etymology

sulfurous

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Today it means: Containing sulfur. Full definition →

Latin sulphurōsus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsulphurōsus
  2. English todaysulfurous

From Latin sulphurōsus. By surface analysis, sulfur + -ous.

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