fume

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
  2. verb be mad, angry, or furious
  3. verb emit a cloud of fine particles

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.

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Synonyms

smoke

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