English Dictionary
◊ VAPOROUS
vaporous
adj 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"
[syn: {diaphanous}, {filmy}, {gauzy}, {gossamer}, {see-through},
{sheer}, {transparent}, {cobwebby}]
2: resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
[syn: {vaporific}, {vapourific}, {vaporish}, {vapourish},
{vapourous}]
3: filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog" [syn:
{miasmal}, {miasmic}]