vaporous (redirected from vaporosity)

va·por·ous  (vpr-s)

adj.

1. Relating to or resembling vapor.

2.

a. Producing vapors; volatile.

b. Full of vapors.

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

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

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vapor·osi·ty (vp-rs-t), vapor·ous·ness (-pr-s-ns) n.

vapor·ous·ly adv.

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vaporous [ˈveɪpərəs]

adj

1. resembling or full of vapour

2. (Physics / General Physics) 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 , vaporosity [ˌveɪpəˈrɒsɪtɪ] n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	vaporous - so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, vapourous, transparent, gossamer, sheer thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
	2.	vaporous - resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds" vaporish, vapourish, vapourous, vapourific, vaporific gaseous - existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state"
	3.	vaporous - filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog" miasmal, miasmic, vapourous cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"

Translations

vaporous [ˈveɪpərəs] ADJ → vaporoso

vaporous

adj

(= like vapour) → dampfförmig; (= full of vapour) → dunstig; (= of vapour) → Dunst-; vaporous mists rising from the swamp → Dünste, die aus dem Sumpf aufsteigen; vaporous gases round the planet → nebelartige Gase um den Planeten

(liter: = fanciful) → nebulös, verblasen (geh)