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Added 9 October 2026

smoky

/ˈsmoʊki/ adjective

In Latin: fūmōsus, fūmeus Wiktionary

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Filled with smoke.
a smoky cabin
Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.
a smoky bar
Giving off smoke.
a smoky oil lamp

Origin

From Middle English smoke, smokei, smoki, smokie, smoky, equivalent to smoke + -y (adjectival suffix). Doublet of Samoki.

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