† spuˈtaminous, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. spūtāmin-, spūtāmen, f. spūtāre to spit.]
Of the nature of spittle; characterized by the presence or flow of saliva.
| 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 25 b/2 They retayne in them a certayne sputaminous humiditye which descendeth out of the heade. Ibid. 51/1 Those which haue passede through the driveling or sputaminouse climate [= climacter]. |