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   vapour

   /ˈveɪpə/

   noun

   • 1. a substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one normally liquid or solid: "dense clouds of smoke and toxic vapour"
   • ▪ a gaseous substance that is below its critical temperature, and can therefore be liquefied by pressure alone.
   • 2. a sudden feeling of faintness or nervousness or a state of depression: dated "a fit of the vapours"

   verb

   • 1. talk in a vacuous, boasting, or pompous way: "he was vapouring on about the days of his youth"

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

   Scrabble Points: 11

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