vapourous

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French vapoureus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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, [1]

     The wind began to rise and soon the vapourous mist began to eddy and whirl in wild confusion.