spumeous

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spumeous (comparative more spumeous, superlative most spumeous)

  1. Obsolete form of spumous.
    • 1664, H[enry] More, chapter XVIII, in A Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity, [], London: [] J[ames] Flesher for W[illiam] Morden [], →OCLC, book I, pages 68–69:
      The Delinition alſo of the Infant's Ears and Noſtrils with the Spittle of the Prieſt may ſometimes ſtrike harſhly upon the ſpirits of the more delicate; but it makes much for the opinion of his Sanctity, vvhoſe ſpumeous excrement is of ſo ſacred a virtue, and vvill gain alſo the prayers of all the vvomen in the Tovvn, that he may ever be an hail and ſound man.

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