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Vaporish

Vaporish \Va"por*ish\, a.

  1. Full of vapors; vaporous.

  2. Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish; humorsome.

    Pallas grew vap'rish once and odd.
    --Pope.

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vaporish

a. (alternative spelling of vapourish English)

WordNet
vaporish

adj. resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds" [syn: vaporific, vapourish, vaporous]

Usage examples of "vaporish".

Finally, he plucked a cloud from the sky and began to flatten it into a sheet of vaporish skin, walking after Sadira as he worked.

His vaporish skin hung from his face in billowing folds, with dark creases that gave him a fierce and sinister appearance.

Her vaporish form solidified into flesh as she lightly floated to the floor.

But I think, if you were to count the barren women you have heard of, you would find that they are mostly pale and fragile and vaporish noblewomen.

Had he married a respectable woman, demure, plain, vaporish, he would undoubtedly be alive today.

He carried her through the shell of charred lumber and fallen rafters, to the window where moonlight spilled in a vaporish white pool on the floor.

She might burst into tears on occasion but she had never been a vaporish milk and water miss.

She might burst into tears on occasion, but she had never been a vaporish milk-and-water miss.

Now do cry halt to all of these vaporish musings, Rowanne, before I get the headache in truth.

Such vaporish maunderings were dangerous to bring to a working circle.

But he had been addressing nothing but a small cloud of vaporish blue which had arisen around this man and the three persons nearest him.

The gossamer cloth seemed like nothing more than a vaporish veil, bent on playing havoc with his senses.

The last thing she wanted was to have to deal with Lord Carradice now, when she was in such a pathetically vaporish state.