Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nebulous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.