nebulose
Americanadjective
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cloudlike; nebulous.
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hazy or indistinct; nebulous.
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having cloudlike markings.
Etymology
Origin of nebulose
First recorded in 1795–1805, nebulose is from the Latin word nebulōsus full of mist, foggy, cloudy. See nebula, -ose 1
Example Sentences
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No cloud was in the sky, unless one might so call that seeming glittering vapor, the resplendent nebulose clusters of the Galaxy.
From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Murfree, Mary Noailles
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