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vaporous

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vaporous  \Va"por*ous\,  a.  [L.  vaporosus:  cf  vaporeux.] 
  1.  Having  the  form  or  nature  of  vapor.  --Holland. 
 
  2.  Full  of  vapors  or  exhalations.  --Shak. 
 
  The  warmer  and  more  vaporous  air  of  the  valleys. 
  --Derham. 
 
  3.  Producing  vapors;  hence  windy;  flatulent.  --Bacon. 
 
  The  food  which  is  most  vaporous  and  perspirable  is 
  the  most  easily  digested.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  4.  Unreal;  unsubstantial;  vain;  whimsical. 
 
  Such  vaporous  speculations  were  inevitable. 
  --Carlyle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vaporous 
  adj  1:  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" 
  [syn:  {diaphanous},  {filmy},  {gauzy},  {gossamer},  {see-through}, 
  {sheer},  {transparent},  {cobwebby}] 
  2:  resembling  or  characteristic  of  vapor;  "vaporous  clouds" 
  [syn:  {vaporific},  {vapourific},  {vaporish},  {vapourish}, 
  {vapourous}] 
  3:  filled  with  vapor;  "miasmic  jungles";  "a  vaporous  bog"  [syn: 
  {miasmal},  {miasmic}]




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