nubiferousadj.

Brit.

/njuːˈbɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/n(j)uˈbɪf(ə)rəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nūbifer , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin nūbifer that brings clouds ( < nūbēs cloud (see nubilous adj.) + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix; compare -ferous comb. form.

Now rare.

That brings clouds; cloudy or full of cloud; existing in clouds. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > making or bringing clouds

nubiferous1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nubiferous, that brings or carries clouds, cloudy.

1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland iv. 23 The Division of the Waters..was made into Waters subterrene, superterrene, and nubiferous.

1791 F. Balfour Treat. Action Sol-lunar Infl. iii. 45 The character of the urine, in the first lunar period, being..generally lutulent, and not nubiferous or pulviferous, indicates a tendency to be thin.

1829 T. Hook Bank to Barnes 160 The wind blowing east-by-east, which is a most nubiferous quarter.

1864 O. W. Holmes Soundings from Atlantic 103 But let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if I may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment.

1873 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 215/2 Thou whimsey moon..as thy vapour dividing light victoriously breaks forth, to defy the nubiferous gale, thus darts on me the glance of him whose knees I here embrace.

1930 S. S. Van Dine Scarab Murder x. 133 My mind is beclouded;..it is cirrous and nubiferous.

2009 L. Lemieux Rekindling Waters vii. 51 Together we'd swirl and spiral in the nubiferous depths, he [sc. the dolphin]..never leaving the faintest scratch upon my limbs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nubiferous
释义	nubiferousadj. Brit. /njuːˈbɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /n(j)uˈbɪf(ə)rəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nūbifer , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin nūbifer that brings clouds ( < nūbēs cloud (see nubilous adj.) + -fer -fer comb. form) + -ous suffix; compare -ferous comb. form. Now rare. That brings clouds; cloudy or full of cloud; existing in clouds. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > making or bringing clouds nubiferous1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nubiferous, that brings or carries clouds, cloudy. 1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland iv. 23 The Division of the Waters..was made into Waters subterrene, superterrene, and nubiferous. 1791 F. Balfour Treat. Action Sol-lunar Infl. iii. 45 The character of the urine, in the first lunar period, being..generally lutulent, and not nubiferous or pulviferous, indicates a tendency to be thin. 1829 T. Hook Bank to Barnes 160 The wind blowing east-by-east, which is a most nubiferous quarter. 1864 O. W. Holmes Soundings from Atlantic 103 But let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if I may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment. 1873 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 215/2 Thou whimsey moon..as thy vapour dividing light victoriously breaks forth, to defy the nubiferous gale, thus darts on me the glance of him whose knees I here embrace. 1930 S. S. Van Dine Scarab Murder x. 133 My mind is beclouded;..it is cirrous and nubiferous. 2009 L. Lemieux Rekindling Waters vii. 51 Together we'd swirl and spiral in the nubiferous depths, he [sc. the dolphin]..never leaving the faintest scratch upon my limbs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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