English
fumously
Fumously comes from Middle English fumousli.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fumousli
- Englishearliest quotation 1560fumously
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fumousli
- Englishearliest quotation 1560fumously
Earliest quotation: 1560, Thomas Wilson: “And heaping words upon words, would gladly belike that…”
Formed from fumous + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘smoke’
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Latin fūmus ‘smoke, steam, fume’
Latin fūmōsus ‘smoking, smoky, smoked’
Old French fumeus
Middle English fumous ‘Smelly’
English fumous
Every English word from Middle English fumousli
Today it means
adv In a fumous manner, in fumes; (by extension) angrily
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English fumousli / fumously