Sulphureous

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /sÊŒlˈf(j)ɔːɹɪəs/

Origin

From Latin sulphureus, sulfureus.

Full definition of sulphureous

Adjective

1. (now rare) Sulphurous.
• 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’:An excited and highly distempered ideality threw a sulphureous lustre over all.

Derived terms

• sulphureously
• sulphureousness