spumy

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Etymology

From spume +‎ -y.

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spumy (comparative spumier, superlative spumiest)

  1. frothy, emitting froth or spume
    • 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:
      The spumy waves proclaim the watery war.

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