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spumous

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spume

  [spyoom] ,verb, spumed, spum⋅ing, noun
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–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

Related forms:
spumous, spumy, adjective
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spume   (spyōōm)   
n.  Foam or froth on a liquid, as on the sea.
intr.v.   spumed, spum·ing, spumes
To froth or foam.

[Middle English, from Old French espume, from Latin spūma.]
spu'mous, spum'y adj.
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Word Origin & History

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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