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English Dictionary: nebulous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for nebulous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nebulous adj lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit" Synonym(s): cloudy, nebulose, nebulous of or relating to or resembling a nebula; "the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system" Synonym(s): nebular, nebulous lacking definition or definite content; "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen Synonym(s): nebulous, unfixed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nebulous \Neb"ulous\, a. [L. nebulosus: cf. F. n[82]buleux. See {Nebula}.] 1. Cloudy; hazy; misty. 2. (Astron.) Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike. -- {Neb"ulously}, adv. -- {Neb"ulous*ness}, n.