VAPOROUS


Meaning of VAPOROUS in English

ˈvāp(ə)rəs adjective

Etymology: Latin vaporosus full of steam or vapor, from vapor + -osus -ous

1. : consisting or characteristic of vapor : having the form or nature of vapor

a vaporous substance

vaporous consistency

2.

a. obsolete : causing flatulence

vaporous foods

b. : producing vapors : volatile

a vaporous paint

3. : full of vapor : containing or obscured by vapors : foggy , misty

a vaporous atmosphere

shady vales between the vaporous mountains — H.D.Thoreau

faint beacon, vaporous in the rainy darkness — A.J.Cronin

4.

a. : ethereal , unsubstantial , vague

a score of vaporous twilight landscapes — Time

b. : filmy

vaporous silks

c. : consisting of or indulging in vaporings

such vaporous speculations were inevitable — Thomas Carlyle

vaporous realms of conjecture and hyperbole — H.E.Clurman

give himself up to vaporous dreams — Sherwood Anderson

• va·por·ous·ly adverb

• va·por·ous·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.