vaporous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite so thin as to transmit light
    gauze-like; sheer; see-through; gossamer; cobwebby; vapourous; filmy; diaphanous; transparent; gauzy.
    • 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. adjective satellite resembling or characteristic of vapor
    vapourous; vapourific; vaporish; vaporific; vapourish.
    • vaporous clouds
  3. adjective satellite filled with vapor
    vapourous; miasmal; miasmic.
    • miasmic jungles
    • a vaporous bog

WordNet

Va"por*ous adjective
Etymology
L. vaporosus: cf. vaporeux.
Definitions
  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 1913