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vaporous
 
SYLLABICATION:va·por·ous
PRONUNCIATION:  vpr-s
ADJECTIVE:1. Relating to or resembling vapor. 2a. Producing vapors; volatile. b. Full of vapors. 3. Insubstantial, vague, or ethereal: “the imponderable mysterious and vaporous illusions of twilight” (John C. Powys). See synonyms at airy. 4. Extravagantly fanciful; high-flown: vaporous conjecture.
OTHER FORMS:vapor·osi·ty (vp-rs-t) , vapor·ous·ness (-pr-s-ns) —NOUN
vapor·ous·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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