vaporous

📖 Definitions

adjective

1. Relating to vapor.

2. Producing vapors; volatile.

3. Vague; hazy; obscure; insubstantial; transitory; unreliable; fanciful.

4. Translucent.

💬 Usage Examples

“Our mother was vaporous. She emerged from her bedroom only at night and always in her nightgown, a sheath of flowered flannel with a disturbingly childlike bow at the neck.” Karen Joy Fowler; We are All Completely Beside Ourselves; Penguin; 2013.
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