Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cloudy; foggy; nebulous.
- In entomology, having indistinct, darker and paler markings, resembling the irregular coloring of a cloud: said of a surface.
- In heraldry, same as
nebulé .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Nebulous; cloudy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
nebulous ;cloudy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking definite form or limits
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Examples
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Stelle brillano, pianeti distanti rilucono; le nebulose diffondono forme astratte di colore nelle tenebre.
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His bellyvoid of nebulose with his neverstop navel.
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