fewmet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of fumet (“deer dung”).

Word forms

fewmet fewmets fumet fumers

Etymology

Apparently from Anglo-Norman *fumets, from Latin fumāre (“it smokes, steams”). Attested since the fifteenth century. Compare fumet, apparently from French fumier (“dung”).

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