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Meaning of "fuliginous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FULIGINOUS

From Late Latin fūlīginōsus full of soot, from Latin fūlīgō soot.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FULIGINOUS

fuliginous  [fjuːˈlɪdʒɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FULIGINOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fuliginous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FULIGINOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fuliginous in the English dictionary

The definition of fuliginous in the dictionary is sooty or smoky. Other definition of fuliginous is of the colour of soot; dull greyish-black or brown.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FULIGINOUS


cageyness
ˈkeɪdʒɪnəs
caliginous
kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs
cauligenous
kɔːˈlɪdʒɪnəs
epigenous
ɪˈpɪdʒɪnəs
epigynous
ɪˈpɪdʒɪnəs
indigenous
ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs
lentiginous
lɛnˈtɪdʒɪnəs
nonindigenous
ˌnɒnɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs
nubigenous
njuːˈbɪdʒɪnəs
perigynous
pəˈrɪdʒɪnəs
polygynous
pəˈlɪdʒɪnəs
porriginous
pəˈrɪdʒɪnəs
serpiginous
sɜːˈpɪdʒɪnəs
tentiginous
tɛnˈtɪdʒɪnəs
terrigenous
tɛˈrɪdʒɪnəs
trigynous
ˈtrɪdʒɪnəs
uliginous
juːˈlɪdʒɪnəs
vertiginous
vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs
vitelligenous
ˌvɪtəˈlɪdʒɪnəs
vortiginous
vɔːˈtɪdʒɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FULIGINOUS

fulgorous
fulgural
fulgurant
fulgurate
fulgurating
fulguration
fulgurite
fulgurous
Fulham
fuliginosity
fuliginously
fuliginousness
full
full and by
full as a goog
full beam
full blast
full blood
full board
full bottle

WORDS THAT END LIKE FULIGINOUS

aluminous
bituminous
conterminous
coterminous
gelatinous
glutinous
heinous
luminous
mountainous
mucilaginous
mucinous
mutinous
nous
numinous
oleaginous
ominous
pulchritudinous
ruinous
spinous
villainous
voluminous

Synonyms and antonyms of fuliginous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fuliginous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FULIGINOUS

Find out the translation of fuliginous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fuliginous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fuliginous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

煤烟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fuliginous
570 millions of speakers

English

fuliginous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fuliginous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسخم؛ سخماء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

fuliginous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fuliginoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধূমমলিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fulgurant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fuliginous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fuliginous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

fuliginous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

퓰 리지 노스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fuliginous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đen như khói đèn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fuliginous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुलगुण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kurumlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fuliginous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fuliginous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

fuliginous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fuliginous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fuliginous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roetend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fuliginous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fuliginous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fuliginous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FULIGINOUS»

The term «fuliginous» is used very little and occupies the 163.755 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FULIGINOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fuliginous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fuliginous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fuliginous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FULIGINOUS»

Discover the use of fuliginous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fuliginous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon: A Descriptive ...
[Fe] " MALE. UrPKRSlDE, both -.tings dull fuliginous-white, exterior margins scalloped. Forewing with the apex from the middle of the costa obliquely to below and near the middle of the exterior margin and thence retracing to posterior margin ...
George Frederick Leycester Marshall, Lionel de Nicéville, 1890
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Lepidoptera Indica
1886, p. 433. Moore, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, p. 51. Papilio Adamas, Zinken- Sommer, Nova Acta Acad. Cur. xv. p. 144 (1831). Polydorus Thoaa, Swainson, Zool. Illustr. ii. pl. 100, 6' (1833). IMAGo.—Male. Upperside black or fuliginous ...
Frederic Moore, Charles Swinhoe, 1903
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A natural history of the British Lepidoptera: a text-book ...
The intensest amount of markings on the undersurface of tbe hindwings of this species is reached in individuals (the so-called form margitiata) where the outer border IE margined with a broad, fuliginous border having a distinctly crenulate ...
James William Tutt, 1908
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL ...
Male and female whitish hyaline, glossy : fore wing with a dark yellowish-brown band at the base, and a broad tortuous fuliginous- brown transverse median band ; the veins at the apex and exterior border margined with fuliginous : hind wing ...
‎1872
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Pocket Posh Word Power: 120 Words to Make You Sound Intelligent
54 fuliginous /(fyoo-lij'ə-nəs)/ adjective 1 Pertaining to or having the color of soot; sooty. 2 Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke; dusky. Examples: Such as is the air, such be our spirits; and as our spirits, such are our humours. It offends ...
Wordnik, 2011
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The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon
It more nearly resembles the N. oarmwra group in general aspect, but the markings of the upperside being fuliginous, and the discoidal streak uninterrupted readily distinguish it. The type specimen from Moulrnein is in the Indian Museum, ...
Lionel de Niceville
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The Best Words
When vegetable bodies are made to burn, there is always more or less of a fuliginous substance formed; but this fuliginous substance is no other than a bituminous body in that subtilised state in which it is indefinitely divided, and may be ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
8
Theory of the Earth: With Proofs and Illustrations
When vegetable bodies aremade to burn, thereisalways more orless of a fuliginous substance formed; but this fuliginous substance is noother than abituminous body in that subtilised statein which itis indefinitely divided, and may be mixed ...
James Hutton, 1960
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Galen on The Anomalous Dyskrasia (De Inaequali Intemperie)
Galen enumerates such causes as the retention of a fuliginous perspiration, a heat-stroke, gymnastic exercises or body exertion, and an immoderate boiling of the blood because of anger. In De diff. febr. I 7: VII 295,11 -297, 12 K., Galen, ...
‎2011
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Earth Mysteries Part - 1:
When vegetable bodies are madeto burn, thereis always more or lessof a fuliginous substance formed; butthis fuliginous substance is noother than abituminous body in that subtilised statein which it is indefinitely divided, andmay be mixed ...
Thomas Burnet, James Hutton, William Fairfield Warren, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FULIGINOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fuliginous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Clinton's Race Warms Up
Appearing in the audience for a Clinton campaign kickoff would be the highlight of a fuliginous tourist's trip to New York. Did Clinton's advance ... «Patriot Post, Jun 15»
2
Hillary: The Unease Grows
Appearing in the audience for a Clinton campaign kickoff would be the highlight of a fuliginous tourist's trip to New York. Did Hillary's advance ... «American Spectator, Jun 15»
3
The Intertwining Legacies of John Ruskin and Peter Fuller
And it could be fuliginous too, which is incompatible with any kind of lightning. Yet it illuminated.” Yet in the years following his death, Fuller ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jun 15»
4
We go inside the diary of a word nerd
Froideur, Antipathy or hostility. Fuliginous, Sooty. gallimaufrey, Gallimaufry, A confused medley of things. Insouciance, A casual lack of concern. «The New Daily, May 15»
5
San Diego 8th Grader Competes in National Spelling Bee
She beat out more than 100 other spelling standouts to win that bee, ultimately climbing to victory by correctly spelling the word “fuliginous.”. «NBC 7 San Diego, May 15»
6
Rainy Day Reads: Words I do not know
... comes from fuliginous, meaning sooty or dusky from the Latin fuliginosus. According to the Oxford American Dictionary, it was introduced into ... «Juneau Empire, May 15»
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San Diego Teen To Compete In Scripps National Spelling Bee
Her final word was fuliginous, a Latin word meaning "having the color of soot.'' Oona said she hopes to combine her interests in language and ... «KPBS, May 15»
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Surreal Terror in the Middle of the Nepal Quakes
The three-and-four-story buildings lean out over the pavements and, when looking up, you see a fuliginous loom of electric and telephonic ... «Daily Beast, Apr 15»
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"Fuliginous" is the winning word for 46th annual spelling bee
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A student at Earl Warren Middle School in Solana Beach won the 46th annual San Diego County Spelling Bee Thursday ... «San Diego 6, Mar 15»
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Roxy Music: 10 of the best
... the last remaining sign of the fuliginous grit of the north-east, can be found in the battle cry of Whirlwind and that opening “Maaaydaaaaaaay! «The Guardian, Feb 15»

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