sulphurous

English

Adjective

sulphurous (comparative more sulphurous, superlative most sulphurous)

1. (chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of sulfurous
   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:

     "The Northern Heights at last," you say to yourself, hastily closing the carriage window because the Yorkshire coal used by the Eastern Region and its predecessors makes their tunnels more sulphurous than any we know.

Derived terms

• sulphurous acid