"sulfury" meaning in English

See sulfury in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more sulfury [comparative], most sulfury [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur English -y English sulfury From sulfur + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sulfur|-y|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur English -y English sulfury [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sulpur", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sulfur", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sulphur", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "sulfre", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "sulphur", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sulfur", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sulfury", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="sulfury"> From sulfur + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj}} sulfury (comparative more sulfury, superlative most sulfury)
  1. Having a colour similar to that of sulfur.
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  2. Having a smell similar to that of sulfur compounds.
    Sense id: en-sulfury-en-adj-JLEZdX9e Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 51 49

Alternative forms

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