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French
Etymology
From écume + -eux.
Pronunciation
Adjective
écumeux (feminine écumeuse, masculine plural écumeux, feminine plural écumeuses)
- frothy, foamy
1947, Boris Vian, L'écume des jours, Kindle edition:À l’endroit où les fleuves se jettent dans la mer, il se forme une barre difficile à franchir, et de grands remous écumeux où dansent les épaves. Entre la nuit du dehors et la lumière de la lampe, les souvenirs refluaient de l’obscurité, se heurtaient à la clarté et, tantôt immergés, tantôt apparents, montraient leur ventre blanc et leur dos argenté.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- scummy
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