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