— fumigation , n. — fumigatory /fyooh"mi geuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee, -gay'teuh ree/ , adj.
/fyooh"mi gayt'/ , v.t., fumigated, fumigating .
to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
[ 1520-30; fumigatus, ptp. of fumigare to smoke, fumigate, equiv. to fum ( us ) smoke + -igare (v. suffix based on -ig-, n. deriv. of agere to drive, do, as in remex, s. remig- oarsman, hence remigare to row) ]