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vaporous


adjective

  1. having the form or characteristics of vapor: a vaporous cloud.
  2. full of or abounding in vapor; foggy; misty: a vaporous twilight.
  3. producing or giving off vapor: a vaporous bog.
  4. dimmed or obscured with vapor: a low valley surrounded by vaporous mountains.
  5. unsubstantial; diaphanous; airy: vaporous fabrics; vaporous breezes.
  6. vaguely formed, fanciful, or unreliable: vaporous promises.

adjective

  1. resembling or full of vapour
  2. another word for vaporific
  3. lacking permanence or substance; ephemeral or fanciful
  4. given to foolish imaginings
  5. dulled or obscured by an atmosphere of vapour
adj.

late 14c., from Latin vaporus, from vapor (see vapor).

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