sulphurous

Full of or impregnated with sulphur; containing sulphur; of or pertaining to sulphur; like sulphur; like the suffocating fumes or the heat of burning sulphur.

Of or pertaining to sulphur.

Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds.

Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds.

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).

sulphur dioxide. See under Sulphur.

Alternative spelling of sulfurous.

harsh or corrosive in tone