fume

noun

/fjuːm/UK

Etymology

From Middle English fume, from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin fūmus (“vapour, smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Doublet of thymus and thymos. More at dun, dusk, dust.

derived from *dʰuh₂mós✻
derived from fūmus
derived from fum
inherited from fume

Definitions

1
A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
- Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.
- the fumes of new-shorn hay
2
A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and…
A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
- Lead fume is a greyish powder, mainly comprising lead sulfate.
3
Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.
- The Fumes of his Passion do as really intoxicate and confound his judging and discerning Faculty , as the Fumes of Drink discompose and stupify the Brain of a Man over - charged with it.
- In his execution of this mission, Mr Tinkler perhaps expressed that Mr Dorrit was in a raging fume.
›+ 9 more definitionsshow fewer
1. 4
  Anything unsubstantial or airy
  Anything unsubstantial or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.
  - a show of fumes and fancies
2. 5
  The incense of praise
  The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.
  - to smother him with fumes and eulogies
3. A passionate person.
4. To expose (something) to fumes
  To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.
5. To apply or offer incense to.
6. 9
  To emit fumes.
  - where the golden altar fumed
7. 10
  To pass off in fumes or vapours.
  - whose parts are kept from fuming away, not only by their fixity[…]
8. 11
  To express or feel great anger.
  - He’s still fuming about the argument they had yesterday.
  - He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
  - Her mother did fret, and her father did fume.
9. 12
  To be as in a mist
  To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.
  - Keep his brain fuming.

The neighborhood

Derived

exhaust fume, fumacious, fume cupboard, fumed, fume date, fume hood, fumeless, fumelike, fumewort, fumish, fumivorous, fumulus, fumy, fuming sulfuric acid

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fume. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at fume. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at fume

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA