nimbose

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adjective

cloudy

“nimbous clouds”

OriginLatin nimbosus →
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Meanings

adjectivenimbose (comparative more nimbose, superlative most nimbose)

comparative more nimbose · superlative most nimbose

  1. cloudy
  2. stormy; foreboding storms

    nimbous clouds

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tempestuous

Origin

  1. Latinnimbosus
  2. Englishnimbose

From Latin nimbosus, from nimbus (“cloud”). By surface analysis, Latin nimb(us) + -ose.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nibsome
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APA

nimbose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nimbose

MLA

“nimbose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nimbose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nimbose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nimbose.

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