What does "vaporous" mean?
Vaporous: Full of vapors or exhalations. Shak. The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys. Derham.
Additional senses
- 2.Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. Bacon. The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested. Arbuthnot.
- 3.Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical. Such vaporous speculations were inevitable. Carlyle.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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