a. Obs. [f. FUME sb. + -ISH.]
1. Emitting smoke or vapor. Of a chimney: Smoky. Of waves: = FUMING ppl. a. 1 b.
1574. Hellowes, Gueuara’s Fam. Ep. (1577), 63. Little chimneyes alwayes be somewhat fumishe or smokie.
1599. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe, Wks. (Grosart), V. 204. Firmely piled and rampierd against the fumish waues battry.
2. Of the nature of fume, vapor, or smoke.
1613. Purchas, Pilgrimage, I. viii. 43. The fumish and dryer part of the cloude yeelding a purplish, the waterie, a greenish sea colour.
1619. Bainbridge, Descr. late Comet, 39. Who may not from these smoakie parents feare a fumish generation, whose courage may perhaps be soone inflamed, but sooner quenched?
3. Belonging to or of the nature of fumes which rise in the body or stomach. Of meat or wine: Causing or emitting fumes.
1519. Horman, Vulg., 28 b. Heare is genderd of superfluous humours and fumysshe vapours.
1528. Paynell, Salerne’s Regim., F iij b. White wyne … is lesse fumishe and lesse vaperous than other.
1544. Phaer, Regim. Lyfe (1560), G v. The paciente oughte … to abstaine from … poudred meates and fumyshe.
1547. Boorde, Brev. Health, cclxxxv. 94. This infirmitie [pleurisy] doth come of a fumyshe bloud.
1562. Turner, Baths, 12 a. If it be to fumish, then lay … a peace of bread in the wine.
a. 1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xiii. 109. The fumish Steam of Meat.
4. fig. Inclined to fume, hot-tempered, irascible, passionate; also, characterized by or exhibiting anger or irascibility.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. cccxlvi. 547. He was a fumisshe man and malincolyous.
1539. Cranmer, in Strype, Life (1694), II. 248. Wee go not about … to abate our fumish and rancorous stomacks.
c. 1546. Joye, in Gardiner, Declar. Art. Joye (1546), 92 b. Let him … not dispute with poore men in his fetters and presons with his fumisshe threatis.
1567. Drant, Horace Ep., ii. To Lollius, C iij. Of foolishe kinges … a fumishe flame.
1576. Newton, Lemnie’s Complex., 133 a. Yet is nothing more noysome and preiudiciall then … fumish anger and testynesse.
1608. Topsell, Serpents (1658), 650. A more fumish, testy, angry, Waspish, and implacable generation.
Hence Fumishly adv., Fumishness.
1519. Horman, Vulg., 71. Fury and fumysshnes is the blynde snare of right iugement.
1528. Paynell, Salerne’s Regim., H j a. Be ware howe they drinke stronge wyne … For the fumishenes therof hurteth ye heed.
1540–7. Coverdale, Fruitf. Less. Passion (1593), P j a. O driue thou out of vs all fumishnesse, indignation, and selfe will.
1563–87. Foxe, A. & M. (1684), I. 661/1. So wildly he writeth, so fumishly he fareth.
1608. Topsell, Serpents (1658), 652. Their naturall inclination to anger, and the nasty fumishness of Wasps.
