† evaporousadj.
Etymology: < evapor- (in evaporate adj.) + -ous suffix.
Obsolete.
the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [adjective] > connected with or producing vaporization > relating to or producing evaporation > of the nature of evaporation
1694 E. Halley in (Royal Soc.) 18 184 The evaporous effluvia of Water.
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