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Webster 1913 Edition
Vaporous
Va′por-ous
(vā′pẽr-ŭsˊ)
, Adj.
[L.
vaporosus
: cf. F. vaporeux
.] 1.
Having the form or nature of vapor.
Holland.
2.
Full of vapors or exhalations.
Shak.
The warmer and more
vaporous
air of the valleys. Derham.
3.
Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent.
Bacon.
The food which is most
vaporous
and perspirable is the most easily digested. Arbuthnot.
4.
Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
Such
vaporous
speculations were inevitable. Carlyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vaporous
VA'POROUS
,Adj.
1.
Full of vapors or exhalations; as the vaporous air of valleys.2.
Vain; unreal; proceeding from the vapors.3.
Windy; flatulent; as, vaporous food is the most easily digested.Definition 2024
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vaporous (comparative more vaporous, superlative most vaporous)
- Relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece
- O hateful, vaporous, and foggy night!
- 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
- So whosoever shall entertain high and vaporous imaginations, instead of a laborious and sober inquiry of truth, shall beget hopes and beliefs of strange and impossible shapes.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece