vaporous

va·por·ous

V0026100 (vā′pər-əs)adj.1. Relating to or resembling vapor: "They saw wild horses racing on the plain ... leaving in the moonlight a vaporous dust" (Cormac McCarthy).2. a. Producing vapors; volatile.b. Full of vapors.3. Insubstantial, vague, or ethereal: "the imponderable mysterious and vaporous illusions of twilight" (John C. Powys).4. Extravagantly fanciful; high-flown: vaporous conjecture.

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va′por·os′i·ty (vā′pə-rŏs′ĭ-tē), va′por·ous·ness (-pər-əs-nĭs) n.va′por·ous·ly adv.

vaporous

(ˈveɪpərəs) adj1. resembling or full of vapour2. (General Physics) another word for vaporific3. lacking permanence or substance; ephemeral or fanciful4. given to foolish imaginings5. dulled or obscured by an atmosphere of vapour ˈvaporously adv ˈvaporousness, vaporosity n

va•por•ous

(ˈveɪ pər əs)

adj. 1. having the form of vapor: a vaporous cloud. 2. full of vapor; foggy. 3. giving off or obscured by vapor. 4. diaphanous: vaporous fabrics. 5. vaguely formed, fanciful, or unsubstantial. [1520–30] va′por•ous•ly, adv. va′por•ous•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	vaporous - so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, vapourous, transparent, gossamer, sheerthin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
	2.	vaporous - resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"vaporish, vapourish, vapourous, vapourific, vaporificgaseous - existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state"
	3.	vaporous - filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"miasmal, miasmic, vapourouscloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"

vaporous

adjectiveSo light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film:aerial, aery, airy, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, sheer, transparent, vapory.

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