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vaporous

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.

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dusky

English

Etymology

dusk +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d?s.ki/
  • Rhymes: -?ski

Adjective

dusky (comparative duskier, superlative duskiest)

  1. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
  2. Having a shade of color that is rather dark.
  3. (dated, literary) Dark-skinned.
  4. Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.

Synonyms

  • (dark-skinned): black, inky, sable, sooty, swarthy

Translations

Noun

dusky (plural duskies)

  1. A dusky shark.
  2. A dusky dolphin.
  3. A dusky grouse.

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