Va"por*ous (?), a. [L. vaporosus: cf. vaporeux.]
1.
Having the form or nature of vapor.
Holland.
2.
Full of vapors or exhalations.
Shak.
The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys.
Derham.
3.
Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent.
Bacon.
The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested.
Arbuthnot.
4.
Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
Such vaporous speculations were inevitable.
Carlyle.
© Webster 1913.