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sul·phure·ous
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sulphureousadjective
sulphurous
Etymology: sulphureus, sulfureus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SULPHUREOUS, SULPHUROUSadjective
Made of brimstone; having the qualities of brimstone; containing sulphur; impregnated with sulphur.
Etymology: sulphureus, Latin.
My hour is almost come,
When I to sulphurous and tormenting flames
Must render up myself. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.Dart and javelin, stones and sulphurous fire. John Milton.
Is not the strength and vigour of the action between light and sulphureous bodies, observed above, one reason why sulphureous bodies take fire more readily, and burn more vehemently than other bodies do? Isaac Newton, Opt.
The fury heard, while on Cocytus’ brink,
Her snakes unty’d sulphureous waters drink. Alexander Pope.No sulphureous glooms
Swell’d in the sky, and sent the lightning forth. James Thomson.
Webster Dictionary
Sulphureousadjective
consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur
Etymology: [L. sulphureus, sulfureus.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sulphureous in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sulphureous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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