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/nooh"beuh leuhs, nyooh"-/, adj.1. cloudy or foggy.2. obscure or vague; indefinite.[1525-35; < L nubilus, equiv. to nub(es) cloud + -ilus adj. suffix. See -OUS]
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nubilous — index indistinct Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
nubilous — [no͞o′bə ləs, nyo͞o′bə ləs] adj. [LL nubilosus, cloudy, for L nubilus < nubes, a cloud: see NUANCE] 1. cloudy; misty 2. not clear … English World dictionary
nubilous — ˈn(y)übələs adjective Etymology: Latin nubilus, from nubes cloud more at nuance 1. : cloudy, foggy, misty trade wind clouds which are constantly piling up in nubilous traffic jams S.E.Morison … Useful english dictionary
Nubilous — Nubilose Nu bi*lose , Nubilous Nu bi*lous, a. [L. nubilosus, nubilus, fr. nubes cloud.] Cloudy. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nubilous — adjective a) cloudy, misty. b) not clear … Wiktionary
nubilous — adj. cloudy, foggy; obscure, vague … English contemporary dictionary
nubilous — nu·bi·lous … English syllables
nubilous — /ˈnjubələs/ (say nyoohbuhluhs) adjective 1. cloudy or foggy. 2. obscure; indefinite. {Latin nūbilus cloudy} …
nubilous — a. cloudy; vague … Dictionary of difficult words
opaque — [adj1] clouded, muddy blurred, cloudy, dark, darkened, dim, dirty, dull, dusky, filmy, foggy, frosty, fuliginous, gloomy, hazy, impenetrable, lusterless, misty, muddied, murky, nontranslucent, nontransparent, nubilous, obfuscated, shady, smoky,… … New thesaurus
