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spume

[spyoom] ,verb, spumed, spum⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth; spew (often fol. by forth).
–verb (used without object)
2. to foam; froth.
–noun
3. foam, froth, or scum.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < L spūma foam, froth; akin to foam


spumous, spumy, adjective
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spume 
1390, from O.Fr. spume, from L. spuma "foam" (cf. It. spuma, Sp. espuma); cognate with O.E. fam, O.H.G. veim "foam" (see foam).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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