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vaporous

 
Dictionary: va·por·ous   ('pər-əs) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Relating to or resembling vapor.
    1. Producing vapors; volatile.
    2. Full of vapors.
  2. Insubstantial, vague, or ethereal: "the imponderable mysterious and vaporous illusions of twilight" (John C. Powys). See synonyms at airy.
  3. Extravagantly fanciful; high-flown: vaporous conjecture.
vaporosity va'por·os'i·ty ('pə-rŏs'ĭ-tē) or va'por·ous·ness (-pər-əs-nĭs) n.
vaporously va'por·ous·ly adv.

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adjective

    So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film: aerial, aery, airy, diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, sheer2, transparent, vapory. See thick/thin.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: so thin as to transmit light
  Synonyms: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, cobwebby

Meaning #2: resembling or characteristic of vapor
  Synonyms: vaporific, vaporish, vapourish

Meaning #3: filled with vapor
  Synonyms: miasmal, miasmic


 
 
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