nebulose

[neb-yuh-luhs, -lohs]

adjective

1. cloudlike; nebulous.

2. hazy or indistinct; nebulous.

3. having cloudlike markings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nebulose¹

First recorded in 1795–1805, nebulose is from the Latin word nebulōsus full of mist, foggy, cloudy. See nebula, -ose ¹

Example Sentences

No cloud was in the sky, unless one might so call that seeming glittering vapor, the resplendent nebulose clusters of the Galaxy.

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