nebulosus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nebulosus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊsəs

Noun

nebulosus (plural nebulosi)

1. (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of a veil of cloud, showing no distinct details. Associated with cirrostratus, and stratus genera.

References

Source AMS Glossary of Meteorology

Anagrams

• unblouses

Latin

Etymology

nebula +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ne.buˈloː.sus/, [nɛbʊˈɫ̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.buˈlo.sus/, [nebuˈlɔːs̬us]

Adjective

nebulōsus (feminine nebulōsa, neuter nebulōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. misty, foggy, clouded
2. obscure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nebulōsus	nebulōsa	nebulōsum		nebulōsī	nebulōsae	nebulōsa
Genitive	nebulōsī	nebulōsae	nebulōsī		nebulōsōrum	nebulōsārum	nebulōsōrum
Dative	nebulōsō		nebulōsō		nebulōsīs
Accusative	nebulōsum	nebulōsam	nebulōsum		nebulōsōs	nebulōsās	nebulōsa
Ablative	nebulōsō	nebulōsā	nebulōsō		nebulōsīs
Vocative	nebulōse	nebulōsa	nebulōsum		nebulōsī	nebulōsae	nebulōsa

Descendants

Descendants of nebulosus

• Aromanian: niguros, nigurosu, neguros
• → Catalan: nebulós (learned)
• → English: nebulous
• Francoprovençal:
  • Franco-Provençal: niolós
  • → Franco-Provençal: nebulós
• French:
  • French: nieuleux or nieulleux (dialectal, Norman and Northern French)
  • → French: nébuleux
    • → German: nebulös
• Italian: nebuloso
• Occitan:
  • Occitan: neblós
  • → Occitan: nebulós
• Portuguese: nebuloso
• Romanian: nebulos, neguros
• Spanish: nebuloso

References

• “nebulosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nebulosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nebulosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)