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fume

[fyoom] noun, verb, fumed, fum⋅ing.
–noun
1. Often, fumes. any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, esp. of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.
2. an irritable or angry mood: He has been in a fume ever since the contract fell through.
–verb (used with object)
3. to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor: giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke.
4. to treat with or expose to fumes.
5. to show fretful irritation or anger: She always fumes when the mail is late.
–verb (used without object)
6. to rise, or pass off, as fumes: smoke fuming from an ashtray.
7. to emit fumes: The leaky pipe fumed alarmingly.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < OF fum < L fūmus smoke, steam, fume


fumeless, adjective
fumelike, adjective
fumer, noun
fum⋅ing⋅ly, adverb


2. rage, fury, agitation, storm. 5. chafe, fret.

fu⋅mé

[fy-mey]
–adjective French.
smoked.
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fume   (fyōōm)   
n.  
  1. Vapor, gas, or smoke, especially if irritating, harmful, or strong.

  2. A strong or acrid odor.

  3. A state of resentment or vexation.

v.   fumed, fum·ing, fumes

v.   tr.
  1. To subject to or treat with fumes.

  2. To give off in or as if in fumes.

v.   intr.
  1. To emit fumes.

  2. To rise in fumes.

  3. To feel or show resentment or vexation.


[Middle English, from Old French fum, from Latin fūmus.]
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Word Origin & History

fume  (n.)
c.1390, from O.Fr. fum "smoke, steam, vapor," from L. fumus "smoke" (v.), from PIE *dhumo- (cf. Skt. dhumah, O.C.S. dymu, Lith. dumai, O.Prus. dumis "smoke," M.Ir. dumacha "fog," Gk. thymos "spirit, mind, soul"). The verb is first recorded c.1400; figurative sense of "show anger" is first recorded 1522.
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fume   (fym)  Pronunciation Key 
Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
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