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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1437/
- Published: 2024-01-05T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-03T19:31:52.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:07

The word for today is…

fuliginous (adjective):

1a: sooty  
b: obscure, murky  
2: having a dark or dusky color

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuliginous?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Fuliginous is a word with a dark and dirty past—it comes from fuligo, the Latin word for “soot,” a substance formed by combustion or separated from fuel during combustion, that rises in the air in fine particles, such as what’s seen in smoke. An early, now-obsolete sense of fuliginous described noxious bodily vapors once thought to be produced by organic processes. The “sooty” sense, which English speakers have been using since the 16th century, can be used literally to describe everything from overworked chimney sweeps to industrial city skylines, and figuratively for dense fogs, malevolent clouds, and grim senses of humor. Fuliginous can also be used to refer to something dark or dusky in color, as in Henry James’ novel The Ambassadors, in which the character Waymarsh is described as having “dark fuliginous eyes.”

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