spumous

  • 31spume — [spju:m] literary noun froth or foam, especially that found on waves. verb froth or foam. Derivatives spumous adjective spumy adjective Origin ME: from OFr. (e)spume or L. spuma …

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  • 32foamy — a. Frothy, spumy, spumous …

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  • 33spumy — a. Foamy, frothy, spumous …

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  • 34barmy — I Slang. eccentric, queer, odd, peculiar. See eccentric (def.2). II adj 1. frothy, spumy, spumous, spumes cent, foamy, lathery; yeasty, fermenting, fermentative. 2.Chiefly British Slang. daft, eccentric, odd, peculiar, bizarre, Inf. different;… …

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  • 35foamy — adj 1. foamlike, frothy, spumous, spumy, spumescent, yeasty, barmy; lathery, sudsy, soapy. 2. foaming, bubbling, bubbly, fizzing, fizzy, effervescing, effervescent, sparkling, Fr. mousseux …

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  • 36frothy — adj 1. foamy, foamlike, spumy, spumous, spumescent, sudsy, yeasty, barmy; foaming, frothing, bubbling, bubbly, fizzing, fizzy, effervescent, sparkling, Fr. mousseux. 2. shallow, unsubstantial, without substance, trivial, trifling, trite,… …

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  • 37yeasty — adj 1. fermenting, fermentative, barmy, frothy, foamy, spumous, spumy, spumescent, lathery. 2. exuberant, ebullient, high spirited, exhilarated, buoyant, bouncy; animated, effervescent, enthused, enthusiastic, irrepressible; zestful, energetic,… …

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  • 38spume — /spjum / (say spyoohm) noun 1. foam; froth; scum. –verb (spumed, spuming) –verb (i) 2. to foam; froth. –verb (t) 3. to send forth as or like foam or froth. {Middle English, from Latin spūma} –spumous, spumy, adjective …

  • 39foamy — [adj] bubbly barmy, boiling, burbling, carbonated, creamy, ebullient, effervescent, fermented, fizzy, frothy, lathery, scummy*, seething, simmering, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy, yeasty; concept 485 Ant. flat …

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  • 40frothy — [adj] bubbly barmy, bubbling, fermenting, fizzing, fizzy, foaming, foamy, soapy, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy, with a head on*, yeasty; concept 485 Ant. flat …

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