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Webster 1913 Edition


nubiferous

nu-bif′er-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
nubifer
;
nubes
cloud +
ferre
to bear: cf. F.
nubifère
.]
Bringing, or producing, clouds.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nubiferous

NUBIF'EROUS

,
Adj.
[L. a cloud or fog, and to produce.] Brining or producing clouds.

Definition 2024


nubiferous

nubiferous

English

Adjective

nubiferous (comparative more nubiferous, superlative most nubiferous)

  1. Bringing, or producing, clouds; cloudy.
    • 1849, The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (page 225)
      These preludes [to auroral beams or streamers] consist of certain arrangements of thin streaks of nubiferous matter, floating at high altitudes, and often stretching quite across the heavens, and appearing to converge at two opposite points near the horizon []

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