2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaporous \Va"por*ous\, a. [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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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}, {vapourific}, {vaporish}, {vapourish},
{vapourous}]
3: filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog" [syn:
{miasmal}, {miasmic}]
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