vaporous
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- so thin as to transmit light
- "vaporous silks"
- resembling or characteristic of vapor
- "vaporous clouds"
- filled with vapor
- "a vaporous bog"
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.
Origin / 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
aereous, aerial, aeriform, airy, cobwebby, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, frothy, fumid, gaseous, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, halitous, halituous, miasmal, miasmic, pneumatic, see-through, sheer, transparent, vain, vapored, vaporescent, vaporiferous, vaporific, vaporiform, vaporish, vaporlike, vaporose, vaporous, vaporsome, vapory, vapoured, vapourescent, vapourific, vapourish, vapourlike, vapourous, vapoury, wafty
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
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