different between cloudy vs vaporous

English

Etymology

From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English cl?di? (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kla?di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?a?di/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?kla??d?/
• Rhymes: -a?di

Adjective

cloudy (comparative cloudier, superlative cloudiest)

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
2. Not transparent or clear.
3. Uncertain; unclear.
4. (computing, informal) Using or relating to cloud computing.

   a cloudy infrastructure

5. (slang, archaic) shady; sketchy; suspicious

Derived terms

• cloudily
• cloudiness

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cloudi, clowdy, clowdie
• (Early ME) cludi?

Etymology

From Old English cl?di?; equivalent to cloud +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klu?di?/

Adjective

cloudy

1. Covered with or characterised by clouds; clouded.
2. Not transparent or clear; murky, gloomy.
3. (rare) Inspiring dread; scary, frightening.
4. (rare) Featuring rocks; rocky, stony.

Related terms

• cloudy

Descendants

• English: cloudy
• Scots: cluddy, cloody

References

• “cl?ud?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Alternative forms

• vapourous

Etymology

From Middle French vapoureus, from Late Latin vap?r?sus (“full of steam”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ve?p???s/

Adjective

vaporous (comparative more vaporous, superlative most vaporous)

1. Relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece

     O hateful, vaporous, and foggy night!

   • 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning

     So whosoever shall entertain high and vaporous imaginations, instead of a laborious and sober inquiry of truth, shall beget hopes and beliefs of strange and impossible shapes.