fumosite

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fumositee, ffumosyte, fumosyte

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fumosité, from Latin fūmōsitās (which some forms are directly from); equivalent to fumous +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiu̯mɔːsiˈteː/

Noun

fumosite (plural fumositees) (Late Middle English)

1. Fumes; gaseous exhalements or vapourous releases.
2. (physiology) Bodily fumes that purportedly cause an ailment or mood.
3. (rare) The tendency (of a beverage etc.) to produce these purported fumes.
4. (rare) Vapours bearing a stench.
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 358-359:

     [...] Ful were hir hedes of fumositee,
     That causeth dreem, of which ther nis no charge.

     [...] Their heads were full of fumes from drinking wine,
     That causes dreams of which there is no significance.

Descendants

• English: fumosity (obsolete)

References

• “fūmōsitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-03.