1520s, "scent with perfumes," back-formation from fumigation. The older verb was simply fume (c. 1400). Meaning "apply smoke or fumes to," especially for cleansing purposes, is from 1781. Related: Fumigated; fumigating; fumigatory.
fulness
fulsome
fumble
fumbling
fume
fumigate
fumigation
fuming
fun
funambulist
function
