I. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of vapor (II)
: the act or speech of one that vapors : an idle, extravagant, or high-flown expression or speech : a vapid remark or statement
a minimum of nationalistic vaporing — Newsweek
not mere academic vaporing — Raymond Moley
— usually used in plural
like the juvenile vaporings of an immature mind — Mary R. Rinehart
unmistakable warnings against grandiose vaporings — E.H.Eby
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of vapor (II)
: that vapors : spouting forth vapors : vaunting
• va·por·ing·ly adverb