fume

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fum, from Latin fumus; akin to Old High German toumen to be fragrant, Sanskrit dhūma smoke, Old Church Slavic dymŭ Date: 14th century 1. a. a smoke, vapor, or gas especially when irritating or offensive <

engine exhaust fumes

> b. an often noxious suspension of particles in a gas (as air) 2. something (as an emotion) that impairs one's reasoning <

sometimes his head gets a little hot with the fumes of patriotism — Matthew Arnold

> 3. a state of excited irritation or anger — usually used in the phrase in a fume • fumy adjective II. verb (fumed; fuming) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to expose to or treat with fumes 2. to give off in fumes <

fuming thick black smoke

> 3. to utter while in a state of excited irritation or anger intransitive verb 1. a. to emit fumes b. to be in a state of excited irritation or anger <

fretted and fumed over the delay

> 2. to rise in or as if in fumes