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Vaporous Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Vaporous has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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"

2

resembling or characteristic of vapor

"vaporous clouds"

3

filled with vapor

"miasmic jungles"

"a vaporous bog"

4

Relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial

Example Sentences
"a hat with a diaphanous veil" adjective
"filmy wings of a moth" adjective
"gauzy clouds of dandelion down" adjective
"gossamer cobwebs" adjective
"sheer silk stockings" adjective
"transparent chiffon" adjective
"vaporous silks" adjective
"vaporous clouds" adjective
"miasmic jungles" adjective
"a vaporous bog" adjective
See Also
nonvaporous insubstantial misty vaporsome vaporousness vaporosity vaporlike vapory
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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