nebulous
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:15 am
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
nebulous
adj 1: lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues
toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous
distinction between pride and conceit" [syn: cloudy,
nebulose]
2: lacking definition or definite content; "nebulous reasons";
"unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to
be"- Jane Austen [syn: unfixed]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Nebulous \Neb"u*lous\, a. [L. nebulosus: cf. F. n['e]buleux. See
Nebula.]
1. Cloudy; hazy; misty.
2. (Astron.) Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of,
a nebula; nebular; cloudlike. -- Neb"u*lous*ly, adv. --
Neb"u*lous*ness, n.
Is that clear? Or just too nebulous?
Katy
