vaporescent

English

Alternative forms

• vapourescent

Etymology

vapor +‎ -escent

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

vaporescent (comparative more vaporescent, superlative most vaporescent)

1. (rare) Becoming vaporous; producing or emitting vapor.
   • 1993, Donald Antrim, Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World, →ISBN (2012 Macmillan edition), p. 35 (Google preview):

     I sipped instant decaf and peered into the freezer at vaporescent packages of food piled in a heap atop the collected remains of Jim Kunkel.

Related terms

• vapor
• vaporescence

References

• “vaporescent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.