spumiferous

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adjective

Producing foam.

“spumiferous agent”

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivespumiferous (comparative more spumiferous, superlative most spumiferous)

comparative more spumiferous · superlative most spumiferous

  1. obsoleterareProducing foam.

    spumiferous agent

Origin

  1. Latinspūmifer
  2. Englishspumiferous

From Latin spūmifer. By surface analysis, spume + -i- + -ferous.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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