most vaporous
pər adjective
1.
having the form or characteristics of vapor: a vaporous cloud.
2.
full of or abounding in vapor; foggy; misty: a vaporous twilight.
3.
producing or giving off vapor: a vaporous bog.
4.
dimmed or obscured with vapor: a low valley surrounded by vaporous mountains.
5.
unsubstantial; diaphanous; airy: vaporous fabrics; vaporous breezes.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | resembling or full of vapour |
| 2. | another word for vaporific |
| 3. | lacking permanence or substance; ephemeral or fanciful |
| 4. | given to foolish imaginings |
| 5. | dulled or obscured by an atmosphere of vapour |
| 'vaporously | |
| —adv | |
| 'vaporousness | |
| —n | |
| vaporosity | |
| —n | |
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