sulfureux
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin sulphurōsus, from sulphur (whence soufre).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sulfureux (feminine sulfureuse, masculine plural sulfureux, feminine plural sulfureuses)
- sulfurous / sulphurous
- (figuratively) scandalous (clothing, etc.)
- (figuratively) inflammatory (behaviour, etc.), fire-and-brimstone
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Further reading[edit]
- “sulfureux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.