nebulous

Significado (Inglês)

1. In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
2. Vague or ill-defined.
3. Relating to a nebula or nebulae.

Sinônimos

nebular

vague

hazy

cloudy

☁️

unfixed

nebulose

foggy

🌁

nubilous

misty

nonspecific

overcast

rooky

steamy

unclear

undefinable

undefined

windy

wooly

cloudylike

vaporlike

amorphous

blizzardous

blurred

clouded

diffuse

dim

indefinite

indeterminate

indistinct

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈnɛbjʊləs/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Middle English, from Middle French nebuleus, from Latin nebulōsus (“full of mist, foggy, cloudy”), from nebula (“mist, vapour, cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud, vapor, fog, moist, sky”).
cognates
*Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”)
*German Nebel
**Old High German nebul (“cloud, fog”)
*Old English nifol, neowol (“dark, gloomy, obscure, precipitous, prone”)
by surface analysis, nebula + -ous. More at neveling, nuel.