nepheligenous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) +‎ -genous. Coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1862.

Adjective

nepheligenous (comparative more nepheligenous, superlative most nepheligenous)

1. (rare, humorous) Producing clouds of smoke.

   I am a misocapnist, particularly when someone is using stinky tobacco with nepheligenous results.

   • 1862, Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Art and Politics, page 759:

     […] let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if we may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment, such as shall gently narcotize the over-wearied brain and fold its convolutions for slumber like the leaves of a lily at nightfall. For now the over-tense nerves are all unstraining themselves, […]

   • (Can we date this quote?), Derrick Tyson, Isolated Lightships, Lulu.com, →ISBN:

     You were like / a nepheligenous intersection solstice of / Besmirched Animus; we / cluttered together like Advertisement / arrhythmia.

   • 2006 02, Janet Haneberg, CRAZY APPLES, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 330:

     Leaning forward, still holding the nepheligenous pipe in his hand, his deep brown eyes looked directly into hers. Well, she told herself, we will just see about this! “What...what did you say?” she asked. Concentrating on his handsome fingers, she had missed out on his […]