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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spumous \Spum"ous\, Spumy \Spum"y\, a. [L. spumosus, ? 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spumy
adj : covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being
agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy
mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy
milkshakes"; "frothy waves"; "spumy surf" [syn: {bubbling},
{foaming}, {foamy}, {frothing}, {spumous}, {sudsy}]
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