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vaporous Definition

va·por·ous (pər əs)

adjective

  1. giving off or forming vapor
  2. full of vapor; foggy; misty
  3. like, having the nature of, or characteristic of vapor
    1. fleeting, unsubstantial, fanciful, etc.: said of things, ideas, etc.
    2. given to such ideas or talk

Etymology: LL vaporosus

vaporous Related Forms
va·por·ously adverb va·por·ous·ness noun or va′·por·os·ity-pər äsə tē
vaporous Synonyms

vaporous

modif.

  1. Foggy

    smoggy, aerial, vapory; see haze 1, misty.

  2. Fanciful

    fleeting, wispy, unsubstantial; see imaginary.

vaporous Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • state: It is an element which has no right to this country, except in a solid or vaporous state.
  • mist: By dusk, that layer has turned into a vaporous mist which thickens and curdles overnight to form a dense fog by morning.
  • illusion: The upside of that vaporous illusion is a sense of the real.
  • cloud: It is now associated and referred to as a mist or fog, and it usually displays a swirl effect within a vaporous cloud.
  • air: That there is an atmosphere, or an orb of gross vaporous air, immediately encompassing the body of the moon.

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