vapours

We have found lemma(root) word of vapours : vapour.

Definitions


[ˈveɪpə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one normally liquid or solid
(e.g: dense clouds of smoke and toxic vapour)

- a sudden feeling of faintness or nervousness or a state of depression
(e.g: a fit of the vapours)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vapor ‘steam, heat’. The current verb sense dates from the early 17th century


[ˈveɪpə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- talk in a vacuous, boasting, or pompous way
(e.g: he was vapouring on about the days of his youth)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vapor ‘steam, heat’. The current verb sense dates from the early 17th century




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