fumage

fu·mage

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fyoo-mij]
- /ˈfyu mɪdʒ/
- /fjˈuːmɪdʒ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fyoo-mij]
- /ˈfyu mɪdʒ/

Definitions of fumage word

noun fumage a tax payable to the king for each hearth in every house owned by a person not exempt from church taxes and poor taxes. 1
noun fumage a tax upon hearths 0
noun fumage an artistic technique in which images are created on canvas or paper using smoke from a candle or lamp 0
noun fumage hearth tax. 0

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Origin of fumage

First appearance:

before 1745

One of the 47% newest English words

From the Medieval Latin word fūmāgium, dating back to 1745-55. See fume, -age

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Parts of speech for Fumage

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Fumage

fumage popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

fumage usage trend in Literature

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