vapour
noun
[ ˈveɪpə ]
• a substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one normally liquid or solid.
• "dense clouds of smoke and toxic vapour"
Similar:
haze,
mist,
spray,
steam,
water vapour,
condensation,
smoke,
fumes,
exhalation,
fog,
smog,
murk,
cloud,
cloudiness,
drizzle,
dampness,
humidity,
mistiness,
Scotch mist,
clag,
• a sudden feeling of faintness or nervousness or a state of depression.
• "a fit of the vapours"
vapour
verb
• talk in a vacuous, boasting, or pompous way.
• "he was vapouring on about the days of his youth"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vapor ‘steam, heat’. The current verb sense dates from the early 17th century.
