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

As far as my vision was concerned, I might as well have been looking at a sort of grayish vaporish screen of some sort, that was all I saw.

From Rats in the Belfry by John York Cabot

The house is big and gloomy; my niece is nervous, vaporish; her husband—well, he's generally away; and the two children are dead.

From The Descent of Man and Other Stories by Edith Wharton

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

Far off across the glittering ocean of sand and alkali a yellowish cloud—almost vaporish, arose.

From The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings by Margaret Burnham

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 Cleveland Moffett