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verb (used with object)
1.
to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth; spew (often followed by forth).
verb (used without object)
2.
to foam; froth.
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Spumous
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
noun
3.
foam, froth, or scum.
Related forms
spu·mous, spum·y, adjective
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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).
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