vaporish

American  

[vey-per-ish] / ˈveɪ pər ɪʃ /

adjective

1. of the nature of or resembling vapor.

   a vaporish chiffon dress.

2. abounding in vapor.

   vaporish autumn mornings.

3. Archaic. inclined to or affected by low spirits; depressed.

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Other Word Forms

• vaporishness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of vaporish

First recorded in 1635–45; vapor + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

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vaporish

I pause to brush its cobweb from my August Reverie as an idle vaporish thing.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various

Stay thy chattering chin,     And reel the tauntings of thy vain tongue in,   Nor tempt me further with thy vaporish boast     That I am helpless to combat thee!

From Green Fields and Running Brooks, and Other Poems by Riley, James Whitcomb

A vaporish place, too delicate and subtle for such fun-loving, corpulent specimens of the Creator's wisdom as old Jack Falstaff.

From Strange Visitors by Horn, Henry J.

And, though my bedroom was dark, I distinctly saw a white vaporish form passing over me as if someone had blown a cloud of tobacco smoke in my face.

From Possessed by Moffett, Cleveland

A vaporish mist hung low on the ground, and in the dim uncertain light all objects seemed to take to themselves a weird and most uncanny look.

From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Blossom, Henry M.