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nepheligenous

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Producing clouds of smoke.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, rare

Examples

  • I am a misocapnist, particularly when someone is using stinky tobacco with nepheligenous results.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) + -genous. Coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1862.