fuliginous /fjuːˈlɪ.d͡ʒɪ.nəs/ adjective1 •Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky....the Tali, and Septa, are of a more dusky, or, as Wormius expresses it, of a more fuliginous Colour, than ours in England commonly are... — 1729 formsmore fuliginous · most fuliginous