spumescent

adjective

1. Resembling froth or foam; foaming.

   rare

   The snowfall had changed again, the flakes larger now and less insistent; they had a buoyant and spumescent quality.

Where it comes from

From Latin spumescens, p.pr. of spumescere (“to grow foamy”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry spumescent (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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