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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.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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fume   (fym)  Pronunciation Key 
Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
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Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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