quasinebulous
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| —adj | |
| 1. | lacking definite form, shape, or content; vague or amorphous: nebulous reasons |
| 2. | of, characteristic of, or resembling a nebula |
| 3. | rare misty or hazy |
| 'nebulously | |
| —adv | |
| 'nebulousness | |
| —n | |
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nebulous
late 14c., "cloudy, misty," from L. nebulosus "cloudy, misty, foggy," from nebula (see nebula). The fig. sense of "hazy, vague, formless" is first attested 1831.
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