vapor
/ˈveɪpɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.
American usage; Countable; Dated; Uncountable
noun
Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.
American usage; Archaic; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A mild vapour is thrown out, and not a hot steam; the invention appears to control the amount of the vapor, and and ^([sic]) even the force of the fire which produces it."
- "The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air."
- "Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer."
- "For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."
- "I am at this present very sick of my little vapour of fame."
- "The press operates as a safety-valve for the vapor of popular ebullision."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *kwapōs Latin vapor Old French vapeurder. Old French vaporbor. Middle English vapour English vapor From Middle English vapour, from Anglo-Norman vapour, Old French vapor, from Latin vapor (“steam, heat”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈveɪpɚ/
- British English: /ˈveɪpə/