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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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The yellow glare from the shop-windows streamed out into the steamy, vaporous air, and threw a murky, shifting radiance across the crowded thoroughfare. Down from vague and vaporous heights, little ruffled zigzag milky currents came crawling, and found their way to the verge of one of those tremendous overhanging walls, whence they plunged, a shaft of silver, shivered to atoms in mid-descent and turned to an air puff of luminous dust. A vaporous veil of mist seemed to have taken the place of the darkness. |
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