fumiferous

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adjective

Producing smoke.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivefumiferous (comparative more fumiferous, superlative most fumiferous)

comparative more fumiferous · superlative most fumiferous

  1. datedProducing smoke.

Origin

  1. Latinfumifer
  2. Englishfumiferous

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

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APA

fumiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumiferous

MLA

“fumiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumiferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fumiferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumiferous.

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