also sulphureous, 1550s, "emanating from sulfur," from Latin sulphureus "of or like sulfur," from sulphur (see sulfur). Earlier as sulfurious, sulphurious (late 15c.). By c. 1600 of springs and waters, "full of sulfur;" by 1650s (Blount) as a color name ("the color of brimstone").
该词起源时间：1550年代
