† sulphuˈreity Obs.
[ad. mod.L. sulphureitās, f. L. sulphureus sulphureous: see -ity.]
Sulphureous quality or nature.
| 1610 B. Jonson Alch. ii. v. 85 The Aqueitie, Terreitie, and Sulphureitie Shall runne together againe. 1651 French Distill. vi. 176 He saith that imperfect bodies have superfluous humidities, and sulphureity generating a combustible blacknesse in them. 1676 Phil. Trans. XI. 613 By its sulphureity it will mix it self with the sulphureous salt of calcined Tartar. |