vapory
UK/ˈveɪpəɹi/
vapory adjective: resembling vapor; vaporous.
Adjective
vapory (comparative more vapory, superlative most vapory)
- Resembling vapor; vaporous.
- But here again, Christians consider the word literally, as though the Lord would appear upon the vapory clouds over our heads.1792, William Pine, General Proofs that the Second Advent of the Lord hath Taken Place, and also, the Essential Doctrines of His New Kingdom Stated, Bristol: self-published, page 14
- The greatest damps however, that may ever roll upon your spirits, will arise from the stupidity of sinners, and the vapory dullness of declining Christians.1800, Rosewell Messenger, A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Rev. James Boyd at Bangor on Penobscot River, September 10, 1800, pages 24–5
- Characterized by the presence of vapor; full of, or obscured by, vapor.
- The most fetid and poisonous smells everywhere prevailed; and by the aid of that ghastly light which, even at midnight, never fails to emanate from a vapory and pestilential atmosphere, might be discerned lying in the by-paths and alleys, or rotting in the windowless habitations, the carcass of...1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest
Examples of vapory in a sentence
- Long at the window he stood, and wistfully gazed on the landscape, / Washed with a cold gray mist, the vapory breath of the east-wind,1858, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish, I, 54-55:
- At the same moment it chanced that the vapory fleece hanging low in the East, was shot thro' with a soft glory as of the fleece of the Lamb of God seen in mystical vision, […]1924, Herman Melville, chapter 22, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
Forms of vapory
| comparative | more vapory |
|---|---|
| superlative | most vapory |
| alternative form | vapoury |
Origin of vapory
From vapor + -y.
Questions about vapory
- What does vapory mean?
- Vapory means resembling vapor; vaporous.
- How do you use vapory in a sentence?
- Long at the window he stood, and wistfully gazed on the landscape, / Washed with a cold gray mist, the vapory breath of the east-wind,
- What part of speech is vapory?
- Vapory is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce vapory?
- Vapory is pronounced /ˈveɪpəɹi/ (UK).
Words near vapory in the dictionary
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