sulfury

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adjective

Having a colour similar to that of sulfur.

OriginEnglish sulfur ← Middle English sulphur ← Anglo-Norman sulfre →
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Meanings

adjectivesulfury (comparative more sulfury, superlative most sulfury)

comparative more sulfury · superlative most sulfury

  1. Having a colour similar to that of sulfur.
  2. Having a smell similar to that of sulfur compounds.

Origin

  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulfur
  7. Englishsulfury

From sulfur + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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