Vaporescent

Alternative forms

• vapourescent

Full definition of vaporescent

Adjective

1. (rare) Becoming vaporous; producing or emitting vapor.
• 1993, Donald Antrim, Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World, ISBN 9781429977371 (2012 Macmillan edition), p. 35 (Google preview):I sipped instant decaf and peered into the freezer at vaporescent packages of food piled in a heap atop the collected remains of Jim Kunkel.

Related terms

• vapor
• vaporescence