sulphurous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sulphurous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sulphurous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sulphurous adj of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur Synonym(s): sulfurous, sulphurous harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" Synonym(s): acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" Synonym(s): sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sulphurous \Sul"phurous\, a. [L. sulphurosus, sulfurosus: cf. F. sulfureux.] 1. Of or pertaining to sulphur. 2. (Chem.) (a) Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds. (b) Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds. {Sulphurous* acid}. (a) Sulphur dioxide. See under {Sulphur}. [Obs.] (b) An acid, {H2SO3}, not known in the free state except as a solution of sulphur dioxide in water, but forming a well-known series of salts (the sulphites). {Sulphurous anhydride} (Chem.), sulphur dioxide. See under {Sulphur}.