va·por·ous

(vā′pər-əs)

adj.

1. Relating to or resembling vapor: "They saw wild horses racing on the plain ... leaving in the moonlight a vaporous dust" (Cormac McCarthy).

a. Producing vapors; volatile.

b. Full of vapors.

3. Insubstantial, vague, or ethereal: "the imponderable mysterious and vaporous illusions of twilight" (John C. Powys).

4. Extravagantly fanciful; high-flown: vaporous conjecture.

va′por·os′i·ty (vā′pə-rŏs′ĭ-tē), va′por·ous·ness (-pər-əs-nĭs) n.

va′por·ous·ly adv.

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vaporousness - cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor

mistiness, steaminess, vapourousness, haziness

murkiness, cloudiness, muddiness - the quality of being cloudy

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