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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sulphurōsus, from sulphur (whence soufre).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sulfureux (feminine sulfureuse, masculine plural sulfureux, feminine plural sulfureuses)
- sulfurous / sulphurous
- (figuratively) scandalous (clothing, etc.)
- (figuratively) inflammatory (behaviour, etc.), fire-and-brimstone
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