- fungous (adj.)
[fungous 词源字典]
- mid-15c., "spongy, tender," from Latin fungosus "full of holes, spongy," from fungus "a mushroom, fungus" (see fungus). Meaning "pertaining to or characterized by fungus" is from 18c.; figuratively, often "springing up suddenly" (1751).[fungous etymology, fungous origin, 英语词源]