Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
FUME
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fum, from Latin fumus; akin to Old High German toumen to be fragrant, Sanskrit dhūma smoke, Old Church Slavic dymŭ
Date: 14th century
1. a smoke, vapor, or gas especially when irritating or offensive , an often noxious suspension of particles in a gas (as air), something (as an emotion) that impairs one's reasoning , a state of excited irritation or anger, fumy adjective
II. verb (fumed; fuming)
Date: 14th century
transitive verb to expose to or treat with fumes, to give off in fumes , to utter while in a state of excited irritation or anger, intransitive verb
1. to emit fumes, to be in a state of excited irritation or anger , to rise in or as if in fumes