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nimbose

nimbose adjective: cloudy.

Adjective

nimbose (comparative more nimbose, superlative most nimbose)

  1. cloudy
  2. stormy; foreboding storms
    • nimbous clouds

Forms of nimbose

comparativemore nimbose
superlativemost nimbose

Origin of nimbose

From Latin nimbosus, from nimbus (“cloud”). By surface analysis, Latin nimb(us) + -ose.

Questions about nimbose

What does nimbose mean?
Nimbose means cloudy.
What part of speech is nimbose?
Nimbose is an adjective.

Words near nimbose in the dictionary

  1. nimbly
  2. nimbo
  3. nimbocumulus
  4. nimbolide
  5. Nimboran
  6. nimbose
  7. nimbostrati
  8. nimbostratus
  9. nimbs
  10. nimbus
  11. nimbused

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