Zephyrous
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Like a zephyr.
"Hither no winds, but zephyrous breaths repair, Soft, as the sighs of love sick virgins are!"
- 2 Like a zephyr.; Soft, gentle, refreshing.
"1800, Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, The Stepmother, London: R.H. Evans, Act V, Scene 1, p. 75, The last night’s tempest was a zephyrous gale, To the rough storm that tears his frame to atoms: …"
- 3 Breezy; blown by a breeze.
"It was March now, the mild March of an early spring. There came new days, zephyrous and sweet."
- 4 Light, fine, soft. usually
"1895, “Feminine Affairs” in To-Day (magazine edited by Jerome K. Jerome), Volume 9, Number 111, 21 December, 1895, p. 200, That there will be flying machines before very long seems more than likely, and what deliciously zephyrous and diaphanous costumes will not the milliners devise for airy recreations in the near future!"
Example
More examples"Hither no winds, but zephyrous breaths repair, Soft, as the sighs of love sick virgins are!"
Etymology
From zephyr + -ous.
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