vaporish

[ vey-per-ish ]

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.

Other Words From

• vapor·ish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaporish¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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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.

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Through the hazy atmosphere a cloud of dun, vaporish red could be seen trailing over the dim fells.

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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.

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