vapory

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   full of, obscured by, or resembling vapour

   A vapory haze softened the outline of the hills.

2. 2
   adj

   insubstantial, vague, or fanciful

   His vapory scheme offered promises but no practical details.

Formed from vapor + -y, 'characterized by.' British writing commonly spells the base and adjective vapour and vapoury. The literal atmospheric sense later produced figurative uses for what is vague or insubstantial.

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