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vapourings

vapourings is the plural of vapouring.

Meaning of vapouring

Noun

vapouring (plural vapourings)

  1. Boasting; blustering.
    • All these valorous vapourings had a considerable effect in convincing certain profound sages, many of whom began to think the general a hero of unutterable loftiness and magnanimity of soul, particularly as he was continually protesting on the honour of a soldier—a marvellously high sounding...1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], chapter IV, in A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume II, New York, N.Y....

Questions about vapourings

What is vapourings the plural of?
Vapourings is the plural of vapouring.

Words near vapourings in the dictionary

  1. vapourer
  2. vapourers
  3. vapourescent
  4. vapouring
  5. vapouringly
  6. vapourings
  7. vapourisable
  8. vapourisation
  9. vapourisations
  10. vapourise
  11. vapourised

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