nubilousadj.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːbɪləs/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)ubɪləs/

Forms: 1600s– nubilous; Scottish pre-1700 nubelus, pre-1700 nubilus.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nūbilōsus ; Latin nūbilus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: Either < classical Latin nūbilōsus cloudy (2nd cent. a.d.; < nūbilus (see below) + -ōsus), or < classical Latin nūbilus cloudy, dim, confused ( < nūbēs cloud (perhaps cognate with Baluchi nōd) + -ilus, suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare Italian nubiloso (a1258 or earlier, now literary; compare †nuviloso (a1276), nuvoloso (1282)), Middle French nubileux (1377), Spanish nubiloso (a1578 or earlier), Portuguese nubiloso (1781).

Now rare.

1. Lacking precise definition; vague, obscure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague

cloudyc1400

indeterminatec1400

diffuse1430

diffused?1456

obscure?a1475

infinite1520

ambiguous1529

indistincta1530

nubilous1533

dark1557

undetermined1588

undefinite1589

undeterminate1603

indetermined1611

undefined1611

suspense1624

umbrageous1635

clouded1641

undeterminated1641

fuliginous1646

implicit1660

vague1690

diffusive1709

nubilose1730

foggy1737

unliquidated1780

hazy1781

indecisive1815

nebulous1817

penumbral1819

aoristic1846

scumbled1868

nubiform1873

out-of-focus1891

fuzzy1937

soft focus1938

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 302 To mak þe mater..sa dirk and nubilus, þat na thing salbe sene clerelie in it quhat suld be done.

1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt III. xxxi. 34 Pointing out innumerable images of singularly nubilous beauty.

1861 N. Brit. Rev. Nov. 382 The mass of the people..entertained the most vague and nubilous notions with regard to the state of the soul after death.

1946 Amer. Lit. 18 82 Rather abruptly, the writing shifts into the dense, prefigured, nubilous style he [sc. Henry James] did develop.

2. Clouded in appearance; foggy, misty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast

cloudya1387

nebulousc1386

nubilousc1540

dulla1616

overcast1616

claggy1621

moky1706

nubilose1730

nimbose1737

skyless1846

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective]

mistyOE

nebulose?1440

roky1440

nubilousc1540

hazya1584

misting1584

vaporous1594

nebulous1597

rawky1601

claggy1621

misky1671

rooky1691

nubilose1730

mistful1733

smoky1769

rouky1808

hazed1840

the world > the universe > constellation > nebula > [adjective] > consisting of

nebulous1652

nubilous1671

nebular1833

the world > the universe > constellation > star-cluster > [adjective] > nebula > consisting of

nebulous1652

nubilous1671

nebular1833

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iv. xi. f. 46/1 Ye air was nubilus & donk.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 526 And all the lift baith dirk and nubelus, Perturbit wes with cloudis mervelus.

1634 W. Lathum Phyala Lachrymarum 44 The head's distempred, and the heart is sicke, And every roome and corner of the house Fill'd with darke steems and vapours nubilous.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nubilous, full of clouds, cloudy, stormy, tempestuous.

1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 223 The radiant, sanguine, pallid, nubilous, or other Appearances of the Sun.

1823 Examiner 16 Mar. 186/2 A blue and nubilous sky.

c1866 I. I. Hayes Open Polar Sea 194 The region of Smith's Sound was almost wholly free from nubilous deposits.

1893 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 542/2 She loved mist and rain... She would have gone into transports with the weather to-day. A white and nubilous wilderness!

1926 W. Frank Virgin Spain i. iii. 76 Behind him in the room there opens a fantastic landscape. It is radiant and nubilous, a landscape of vapors rather than of earth.

1998 M. Mauldon tr. J.-K. Huymans Against Nature 103 The jagged edges of the clouds had melted away; the sky, under a nubilous film, was completely flat.

Compounds

† nubilous star n. Astronomy Obsolete rare = nebulous star n. at nebulous adj. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd I. iii. 178 Some nubilous Stars [It. stelle nebulose], on being viewed with a Telescope, appear to be a Cluster of innumerable other Stars.

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

单词	nubilous
释义	nubilousadj. Brit. /ˈnjuːbɪləs/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ubɪləs/ Forms: 1600s– nubilous; Scottish pre-1700 nubelus, pre-1700 nubilus. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nūbilōsus ; Latin nūbilus , -ous suffix. Etymology: Either < classical Latin nūbilōsus cloudy (2nd cent. a.d.; < nūbilus (see below) + -ōsus), or < classical Latin nūbilus cloudy, dim, confused ( < nūbēs cloud (perhaps cognate with Baluchi nōd) + -ilus, suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare Italian nubiloso (a1258 or earlier, now literary; compare †nuviloso (a1276), nuvoloso (1282)), Middle French nubileux (1377), Spanish nubiloso (a1578 or earlier), Portuguese nubiloso (1781). Now rare. 1. Lacking precise definition; vague, obscure. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague cloudyc1400 indeterminatec1400 diffuse1430 diffused?1456 obscure?a1475 infinite1520 ambiguous1529 indistincta1530 nubilous1533 dark1557 undetermined1588 undefinite1589 undeterminate1603 indetermined1611 undefined1611 suspense1624 umbrageous1635 clouded1641 undeterminated1641 fuliginous1646 implicit1660 vague1690 diffusive1709 nubilose1730 foggy1737 unliquidated1780 hazy1781 indecisive1815 nebulous1817 penumbral1819 aoristic1846 scumbled1868 nubiform1873 out-of-focus1891 fuzzy1937 soft focus1938 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 302 To mak þe mater..sa dirk and nubilus, þat na thing salbe sene clerelie in it quhat suld be done. 1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt III. xxxi. 34 Pointing out innumerable images of singularly nubilous beauty. 1861 N. Brit. Rev. Nov. 382 The mass of the people..entertained the most vague and nubilous notions with regard to the state of the soul after death. 1946 Amer. Lit. 18 82 Rather abruptly, the writing shifts into the dense, prefigured, nubilous style he [sc. Henry James] did develop. 2. Clouded in appearance; foggy, misty. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast cloudya1387 nebulousc1386 nubilousc1540 dulla1616 overcast1616 claggy1621 moky1706 nubilose1730 nimbose1737 skyless1846 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective] mistyOE nebulose?1440 roky1440 nubilousc1540 hazya1584 misting1584 vaporous1594 nebulous1597 rawky1601 claggy1621 misky1671 rooky1691 nubilose1730 mistful1733 smoky1769 rouky1808 hazed1840 the world > the universe > constellation > nebula > [adjective] > consisting of nebulous1652 nubilous1671 nebular1833 the world > the universe > constellation > star-cluster > [adjective] > nebula > consisting of nebulous1652 nubilous1671 nebular1833 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iv. xi. f. 46/1 Ye air was nubilus & donk. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 526 And all the lift baith dirk and nubelus, Perturbit wes with cloudis mervelus. 1634 W. Lathum Phyala Lachrymarum 44 The head's distempred, and the heart is sicke, And every roome and corner of the house Fill'd with darke steems and vapours nubilous. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nubilous, full of clouds, cloudy, stormy, tempestuous. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 223 The radiant, sanguine, pallid, nubilous, or other Appearances of the Sun. 1823 Examiner 16 Mar. 186/2 A blue and nubilous sky. c1866 I. I. Hayes Open Polar Sea 194 The region of Smith's Sound was almost wholly free from nubilous deposits. 1893 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 542/2 She loved mist and rain... She would have gone into transports with the weather to-day. A white and nubilous wilderness! 1926 W. Frank Virgin Spain i. iii. 76 Behind him in the room there opens a fantastic landscape. It is radiant and nubilous, a landscape of vapors rather than of earth. 1998 M. Mauldon tr. J.-K. Huymans Against Nature 103 The jagged edges of the clouds had melted away; the sky, under a nubilous film, was completely flat. Compounds † nubilous star n. Astronomy Obsolete rare = nebulous star n. at nebulous adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1739 E. Carter tr. F. Algarotti Sir I. Newton's Philos. Explain'd I. iii. 178 Some nubilous Stars [It. stelle nebulose], on being viewed with a Telescope, appear to be a Cluster of innumerable other Stars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1533
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