NYT Dictionary
FUME
/fjuːm/NounVerbFJOOMGrade 9
Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2025
Meaning
A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From Middle English fume, from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin fūmus (“vapour, smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Doublet of thymus and thymos. More at dun, dusk, dust.
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