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(spūm"Ŭs), Spum·y (spūm"y̆), a.

[L. spumosus, fr. spuma foam: cf. F. spumeux.]
Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy.

The spumous and florid state of the blood.
Arbuthnot.

The spumy waves proclaim the watery war.
Dryden.
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adjective

    Consisting of or resembling foam: foamy, frothy, lathery, spumy, sudsy, yeasty. See solid/liquid/consistency.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being agitated by beating or heating
  Synonyms: bubbling, foaming, foamy, frothing, spumy, sudsy

 
 
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