VWR*: Sulfurous

[Sharon Bowman]

I opened something painfully sulfured the other day, which led me to think, later, cursing the wasted , of the term "sulphurous." Yeah, as used to describe lascivious, sexay ladies. Or else inflamed rhetoric.

Why do we have so much sulphurous action on a board of so little sulfur? I am totally lost. So will go stand in the street in a fur coat and nude nylons.

*Vaguely wine-related

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
VWR*: SulfurousI opened something painfully sulfured the other day, which led me to think, later, cursing the wasted , of the term "sulphurous." Yeah, as used to describe lascivious, sexay ladies. Or else inflamed rhetoric.

Hmmm... Sulfurous, beyond its literal meaning, has additional meanings of caustic and heated, the latter of which I suppose can be metaphorically applied to your two examples. Can't say that I've ever heard of a person being referred to as sulfurous, and I'd wonder about a possibly demonic nature should I hear someone so described.

Why do we have so much sulphurous action on a board of so little sulfur? I am totally lost. So will go stand in the street in a fur coat and nude nylons.

Photos, please.

Mark Lipton

 

[Arjun Mendiratta]

This usage is also new to me. I would have (naively) assumed that a sulphorous woman was one to stay upwind of.

 

[Zachary Ross]

Sylpherous?