Definitions for vaporous

Overview of adj vaporous

The adj vaporous has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby

(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. vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous

(resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds")

3. miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous

(filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog")