Sul‐phu″re‐ous (?), a. [L. sulphureus, sulfureus.] Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur.
Her snakes united, sulphureous waters drink. Pope.
— Sul‐phu″re‐ous‐ly, adv. — Sul‐phu″re‐ous‐ness, n.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.