Found 2 items, similar to Vaporous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vaporous
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,
vaporish,
vapourish]
3: filled with vapor;
“miasmic jungles”;
“a vaporous bog” [syn:
miasmal,
miasmic]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vaporous
Vaporous
\Va"por*ous\, a. [L. vaporosus: cf. vaporeux.]
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1. Having the form or nature of vapor. --Holland.
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2. Full of vapors or exhalations. --Shak.
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The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys.
--Derham.
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3. Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. --Bacon.
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The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is
the most easily digested. --Arbuthnot.
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4. Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
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Such vaporous speculations were inevitable.
--Carlyle.
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