spumy

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/ˈspjuːmi/

adjective

frothy, emitting froth or spume

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Meanings

adjectivespumy (comparative spumier, superlative spumiest)

comparative spumier · superlative spumiest

  1. frothy, emitting froth or spume

    The spumy waves proclaim the watery war.

    1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: spumous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefrothy, emitting froth or spume

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spumous

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveemitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation

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bubblingbubblyfoamingfoamyfrothyeffervescingeffervescent
Also see
bubblingbubblyeffervescingfoamingfoamyfrothy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From spume + -y.

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Translations

Bulgarian пенлив
  • пенлив (penliv)emitting froth or spume
Turkish köpüklü
  • köpüklüemitting froth or spume

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with spumy

gloomyroomyroomiedoomyboomybloomybroomyCumaecummiefumykigurumiŌyamatsumirheumyshroomysloomywombyzoomy
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Anagrams

sumpy
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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