halituous

English

Etymology

From Latin halitus (“breath, vapor”), from halare (“to breathe”): compare French halitueux.

Adjective

halituous (comparative more halituous, superlative most halituous)

1. (obsolete) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.

References

• “halituous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.