vapourous

English

Etymology

From Middle French vapoureus, from Late Latin vaporosus (“full of steam”).

Adjective

vapourous (comparative more vapourous, superlative most vapourous)

  1. Alternative form of vaporous
    • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIV,
      The wind began to rise and soon the vapourous mist began to eddy and whirl in wild confusion.
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