nepheligenous
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Producing clouds (of tobacco-smoke).
Examples
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We shall sleep well to-night; but let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if we may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment, such as shall gently narcotize the over-wearied brain and fold its convolutions for slumber like the leaves of a lily at nightfall.
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The nepheligenous flying discs are argentiferous space ships from other worlds in space.
'Bothered by Flying Discs? Well, Quit Worrying,' The Pittsburgh Press, April 14, 1949
Note
This word comes from the Greek 'nephos,' cloud.
