English Explanatory Dictionary

vaporous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour.
Breathing out or giving off vapour.
Of a place: filled with vapour; foggy, misty.
Of a thing: covered or hidden by vapour, fog, or mist.
Lacking depth or substance; insubstantial, thoughtless, vague.
Of clothes or fabric: thin and translucent; filmy, gauzy.
Feeling melancholy; experiencing the vapors.

Pronunciation

/ˈveɪpəɹəs/ /ˈveɪpɹəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vaporous.wav

Word forms

vaporous more vaporous most vaporous vapourous

Etymology

From Middle English vaporous, from Late Latin vapōrōsus (“full of steam”), from Latin vapor (“exhalation; smoke; steam, vapour”) (possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (“to boil; to smoke, steam; aroma; strong odour”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). The English word is analysable as vapour + -ous. Possibly a doublet of hope. Cognates * French vaporeux (“misty, vaporous; filmy, transparent”) * Italian vaporoso (“flimsy, gauzy; fluffy; vaporous”) * Portuguese vaporoso * Spanish vaporoso (“airy; vaporous”)

Synonyms

halitous halituous vaporiform vaporlike vapourlike vaporose vapory vapoury aeriform aereous aerial airy ethereal gaseous pneumatic vaporous wafty vaporescent vapourescent fumid vapored vapoured vaporiferous vaporsome frothy vain

Antonyms

nonvaporous

Related words

vapography vaporability vaporable vaporarium vaporary vaporate vaporation vapored vapoured vaporer vapourer vaporescence vaporescent vapourescent vaporgraph vapourgraph vaporiferous vaporific vaporiform vaporimeter vaporing vapouring vaporisable vaporizable vaporisation vaporization vaporised vaporized vapourised vapourized vaporiser vaporizer vaporise vaporize vapourise vapourize vaporish vapourish vaporless vapourless vaporlike vapourlike vaporograph vaporography vaporose vaporosity vapor vapour vaporware vapourware vapory vapoury nebulous

Derived words

nonvaporous vaporously vaporousness

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