Spūm'ōŭs or Spūm'y, a.

a. [Lat. spumosus, from spuma, foam; It. spumoso, Sp. espumoso, Fr. spumeux.] Consisting of froth or scum; foamy. “The spumous and florid state of the blood.” Arbuthnot.

The spumy waves proclaim the watery war. Dryden.