vapouryvaporyadj.

Brit.

/ˈveɪp(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈveɪpəri/

Forms: Also 1600s vaporie, vapourie, 1700s–1800s U.S. vapory; 1600s–1700s vap'ry.

Etymology: < vapour n. + -y suffix¹.

a. Of the nature or consistency of vapour; composed of, or caused by, vapour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour

vaporosec1400

vapoury1597

vaporous1604

fumish1613

halituous1616

vapourish1647

vaporific1797

vapouring1821

vaporiform1860

1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 4 The waxen Taper..With his dull vapory dimnes mocks my sight.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 336 The heate, hidden in a vapourie Cloud, Striuing for issue.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 219 A vapoury adhærencie..which flyeth from the strokes of hammers vppon hot burning yron.

1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 125 They see the blazing Wonder rise anew..: From his huge vapoury Train perhaps to shake Reviving Moisture.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1851) II. 1039/1 The vapoury steam is diffused over the surface of the body.

1805–6 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno xxv. 84 One from the wound, the other from the mouth Breathed a thick smoke, whose vapoury columns join'd.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 105 The clouds have gathered into one thick low canopy, dark and vapoury as the smoke which overhangs London.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 106 The Jungfrau..had wrapped her vapoury veil around her.

1885 Manch. Examiner 9 Sept. 5/3 Inside the body..it is suggested that there resides a kind of vapoury form which animates it.

in extended use.1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. lxxii On the couch..they sighing lie reclin'd, And court the vapoury god soft-breathing in the wind.in combination.1796 T. Townshend Poems 65 Who wak'st the vap'ry~skirted vale To songful life.

b. figurative. Unsubstantial, indefinite, vague.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective]

flittingc1374

aerya1398

bottomlessa1413

hollowa1529

flittering1549

wanzing1571

aerial1581

slight1585

flit1590

windy1593

filmy1594

tenuous1597

unsubstantial1597

yeasty1598

thingless1599

airy1600

spare1602

spongy1603

insubstantial1607

baselessa1616

thina1616

insolid1618

insubstantiate1621

tenuious1634

bubble1635

thin-spun1638

subventaneous1646

unsubstanceda1658

whipped1673

aericala1678

huffy1678

blatherya1693

naughty1696

substanceless1784

vapoury1818

aeriform1827

airified1837

blow-away1858

non-substantial1858

unbased1860

evasive1881

stuffless1896

fabricless1905

lighter-than-air1909

1818 Blackwood's Mag. 2 396 My love-fever'd spirit evolves A fair vapoury vision.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. vii. §3. 10 The mass of vapoury and baseless speculation with which this..has in latter times become surrounded.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxii. 254 His readings of her seemed now to be vapoury and indistinct.

2. Rendered dim or obscure by the presence of vapour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] > dimmed > by vapour

waterish1603

vapourish1781

vapoury1818

1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 182 Leaving old Sleep within his vapoury lair.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. vi. 474 The vapory distant hills and the blue sea peep through vistas..of the pines.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iii. vi. 168 The yellow and vapoury sunset..had presaged change.

3. = vapourish adj. 2. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > nervous depression > [adjective]

vapourish1733

vapoury1771

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > depressive

vapourish1733

vapoury1771

depressive1905

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > hysteria > vapours

vapoury1771

1771 J. Adams Diary 5 June (1961) II. 25 30 People have been there to day, they say. The Halt, the Lame, the vapoury, hypochondriac, scrophulous, &c. all resort here.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vapoury
释义	vapouryvaporyadj. Brit. /ˈveɪp(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈveɪpəri/ Forms: Also 1600s vaporie, vapourie, 1700s–1800s U.S. vapory; 1600s–1700s vap'ry. Etymology: < vapour n. + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Of the nature or consistency of vapour; composed of, or caused by, vapour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour vaporosec1400 vapoury1597 vaporous1604 fumish1613 halituous1616 vapourish1647 vaporific1797 vapouring1821 vaporiform1860 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 4 The waxen Taper..With his dull vapory dimnes mocks my sight. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 336 The heate, hidden in a vapourie Cloud, Striuing for issue. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 219 A vapoury adhærencie..which flyeth from the strokes of hammers vppon hot burning yron. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 125 They see the blazing Wonder rise anew..: From his huge vapoury Train perhaps to shake Reviving Moisture. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1851) II. 1039/1 The vapoury steam is diffused over the surface of the body. 1805–6 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno xxv. 84 One from the wound, the other from the mouth Breathed a thick smoke, whose vapoury columns join'd. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 105 The clouds have gathered into one thick low canopy, dark and vapoury as the smoke which overhangs London. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 106 The Jungfrau..had wrapped her vapoury veil around her. 1885 Manch. Examiner 9 Sept. 5/3 Inside the body..it is suggested that there resides a kind of vapoury form which animates it. in extended use.1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. lxxii On the couch..they sighing lie reclin'd, And court the vapoury god soft-breathing in the wind.in combination.1796 T. Townshend Poems 65 Who wak'st the vap'ry~skirted vale To songful life. b. figurative. Unsubstantial, indefinite, vague. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] flittingc1374 aerya1398 bottomlessa1413 hollowa1529 flittering1549 wanzing1571 aerial1581 slight1585 flit1590 windy1593 filmy1594 tenuous1597 unsubstantial1597 yeasty1598 thingless1599 airy1600 spare1602 spongy1603 insubstantial1607 baselessa1616 thina1616 insolid1618 insubstantiate1621 tenuious1634 bubble1635 thin-spun1638 subventaneous1646 unsubstanceda1658 whipped1673 aericala1678 huffy1678 blatherya1693 naughty1696 substanceless1784 vapoury1818 aeriform1827 airified1837 blow-away1858 non-substantial1858 unbased1860 evasive1881 stuffless1896 fabricless1905 lighter-than-air1909 1818 Blackwood's Mag. 2 396 My love-fever'd spirit evolves A fair vapoury vision. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. vii. §3. 10 The mass of vapoury and baseless speculation with which this..has in latter times become surrounded. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxii. 254 His readings of her seemed now to be vapoury and indistinct. 2. Rendered dim or obscure by the presence of vapour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] > dimmed > by vapour waterish1603 vapourish1781 vapoury1818 1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 182 Leaving old Sleep within his vapoury lair. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. vi. 474 The vapory distant hills and the blue sea peep through vistas..of the pines. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iii. vi. 168 The yellow and vapoury sunset..had presaged change. 3. = vapourish adj. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > nervous depression > [adjective] vapourish1733 vapoury1771 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > depressive vapourish1733 vapoury1771 depressive1905 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > hysteria > vapours vapoury1771 1771 J. Adams Diary 5 June (1961) II. 25 30 People have been there to day, they say. The Halt, the Lame, the vapoury, hypochondriac, scrophulous, &c. all resort here. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1597
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