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nebulose

American  
[neb-yuh-luhs, -lohs] / ˈnɛb yə ləs, -ˌloʊs /

adjective

  1. cloudlike; nebulous.

  2. hazy or indistinct; nebulous.

  3. 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

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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.

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