nebulose

[ neb-yuh-luhs, -lohs ]

adjective
  1. cloudlike; nebulous.

  2. hazy or indistinct; nebulous.

  1. having cloudlike markings.

Origin of nebulose

1
First recorded in 1795–1805, nebulose is from the Latin word nebulōsus full of mist, foggy, cloudy. See nebula, -ose1

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How to use nebulose in a sentence

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

    The Story of Old Fort Loudon | Charles Egbert Craddock