(intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation.

plural of spurge

simple past tense and past participle of spurn

In a spurious manner.

The property of being spurious.

Spurious things; especially, a counterfeit or forged written work or one of doubtful attribution.

(parasitology) A case in which parasites invade a host but do not succeed in colonizing it, for example merely passing through the digestive tract.

plural of spurious infection

plural of spuriousness

(physics) A theoretical particle used in a Lagrangian function to balance its symmetry.