Today’s word - fuliginous
Anything that's fuliginous is dirty and blackened, as if it had been rolled in soot. If you're thinking of the fuliginous chimney sweeps in Mary Poppins, you've got the right idea.The Latin root of fuliginous is fuligo, or "soot," and the word became popular in 16th-century London, when the sooty ash from coal fires could be found everywhere, including in the air itself. From the fuliginous sky in a smoggy town to the fuliginous cat playing in the fireplace, the word also came to figuratively mean "dark or obscure." You can even describe someone's dark sense of humor, pessimistic outlook on life, or bleak mood as fuliginous.
Definitions of fuliginous
1. adjective covered with or as if with black powder that is produced when fuel is burned
synonyms :sooty
dirty, soiled, unclean
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
2. adjective (used of color) having a dark hue
synonyms :dark, dusky
black
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
darkish
slightly dark
3. adjective (figurative) murky, obscure, or gloomy Question
"And what is all this, but that dismal cloud of SEACOALE?" he wrote, "so universally mixed with the otherwise wholesome and excellent air, that her Inhabitants breathe nothing but an impure and thick mist accompanied with a ________ and filthy vapour..."
(A) fuliginous
(B) resilient
(C) somnolent
(D) voluptuous
Right Answer :- (A) fuliginous
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