vaporous.
Of or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
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”)
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