English
Etymology
Late Latin fuliginosus, from fuligo �soot�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/fju:�lɪʤɪn�s/
Adjective
en-adj
- Pertaining to soot; sooty.
#:*1934: On the beach, masts and chimneys interlaced, and like a fuliginous shadow the figure of Albertine gliding through the surf, fusing into the mysterious quick and prism of a protoplasmic realm, uniting her shadw to the dream and harbinger of death. � Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer
#:*1972: I toy with shouting some tidbit more � some terrifying, unthinkable threat, some blackly fuliginous riddling hex � but my heart's not in it. � John Gardner, Grendel (London 1972, p. 10)
#:*1997: With its own fuliginous Weather, at once public and private, created of smoke billowing from Pipes, Hearths, and Stoves, the Room would provide an extraordinary sight, were any able to see � Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
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