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vaporescent

vaporescent adjective: becoming vaporous; producing or emitting vapor.

Adjective

vaporescent (comparative more vaporescent, superlative most vaporescent)

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

Forms of vaporescent

comparativemore vaporescent
superlativemost vaporescent
alternative formvapourescent

Origin of vaporescent

From vapor + -escent.

Words that rhyme with vaporescent

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Questions about vaporescent

What does vaporescent mean?
Vaporescent means becoming vaporous; producing or emitting vapor.
What part of speech is vaporescent?
Vaporescent is an adjective.

Words near vaporescent in the dictionary

  1. vaporer
  2. vaporer moth
  3. vaporers
  4. vaporescence
  5. vaporescences
  6. vaporescent
  7. vaporesection
  8. vaporetti
  9. vaporetto
  10. vaporettos
  11. vaporia

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