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fuliginous

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fu⋅lig⋅i⋅nous

  [fyoo-lij-uh-nuhs]
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–adjective
1. sooty; smoky: the fuliginous air hanging over an industrial city.
2. of the color of soot, as dark gray, dull brown, black, etc.
Origin:
1565–75; < L fūlīginōsus full of soot, equiv. to fūlīgin- (s. of fūlīgō) soot + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
fu⋅lig⋅i⋅nous⋅ly, adverb
fu⋅lig⋅i⋅nous⋅ness, noun
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fu·lig·i·nous   (fyŏŏ-lĭj'ə-nəs)   
adj.  

  1. Sooty.

  2. Colored by or as if by soot.


[Late Latin fūlīginōsus, from Latin fūlīgō, fūlīgin-, soot.]
fu·lig'i·nous·ly adv.
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