fumage/ˈfjuːmɪd͡ʒ/EtymologyFrom Old French fumage, fumaige, from Latin fumus (“smoke”).fumage means hearth tax. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounHearth tax.“As early as the conquest mention is made in domesday book of fumage or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings; which were paid by custom to the king for every chimney in the house”A surrealist art technique, devised by Wolfgang Paalen, in which impressions are made by the smoke of a candle or kerosene lamp on a piece of paper or canvas.“2013, Whitney Sherman, Playing with Sketches, The Quarto Group (Rockport Publishers), page 32, Fumage is not a frequently used drawing technique, but when used it can produce a subtle and mysterious effect. One notable twentieth-century fumage artist was banker Hugh Parker Guiler, spouse of diarist Anaïs Nin.”