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VAPOROUS
miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous
(adjective) filled with vapor; “miasmic jungles”; “a vaporous bog”
vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous
(adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor; “vaporous clouds”
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
vaporous (comparative more vaporous, superlative most vaporous)
Relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial
So whosoever shall entertain high and vaporous imaginations, instead of a laborious and sober inquiry of truth, shall beget hopes and beliefs of strange and impossible shapes.
Source: Wiktionary
Va"por*ous, a. Etym: [L. vaporosus: cf. vaporeux.]
1. Having the form or nature of vapor. Holland.
2. Full of vapors or exhalations. Shak. The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys. Derham.
3. Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. Bacon. The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested. Arbuthnot.
4. Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical. Such vaporous speculations were inevitable. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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