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Having the form or nature of vapor.

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  1. a. Having the form or nature of vapor.
  2. a. Full of vapors or exhalations.
  3. a. Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent.
  4. a. Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
  5. adj. so thin as to transmit light
  6. adj. resembling or characteristic of vapor
  7. adj. filled with vapor
  8. 1. Having the form or nature of vapor. Holland. 2. Full of vapors or exhalations. Shak. The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys. Derham. 3. Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. Bacon. The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested. Arbuthnot. 4. Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical. Such vaporous speculations were inevitable. Carlyle.
  9. j:100 s so thin as to transmit light s resembling or characteristic of vapor s filled with vapor