Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fume \Fume\ (f[=u]m), n. [L. fumus; akin to Skr. dh[=u]ma smoke,
   dh[=u] to shake, fan a flame, cf. Gr. qy`ein to sacrifice,
   storm, rage, qy`mon, qy`mos, thyme, and perh. to E. dust: cf.
   OF. fum smoke, F. fum['e]e. Cf. {Dust}, n., {Femerell},
   {Thyme}.]
   1. Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke)
      ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the
      fumes of tobacco.

            The fumes of new shorn hay.           --T. Warton.

            The fumes of undigested wine.         --Dryden.

   2. Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of
      self-control; as, the fumes of passion. --South.

   3. Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit;
      vain imagination.

            A show of fumes and fancies.          --Bacon.

   4. The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.

            To smother him with fumes and eulogies. --Burton.

   {In a fume}, in ill temper, esp. from impatience.