NEBULOSITY

Etymology

Noun

nebulosity (countable and uncountable, plural nebulosities)

(meteorology, astronomy) The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).

Source: Wiktionary


Neb`u*los"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. nebulositas: cf. F. nébulosité]

1. The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; hazeness; mistiness; nebulousness. The nebulosity ... of the mother idiom. I. Disraeli.

2. (Astron.) (a) The stuff of which a nebula is formed. (b) A nebula.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 May 2025

DAZED

(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”


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