"nepheligenous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more nepheligenous [comparative], most nepheligenous [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) + -genous. Coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1862. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|νεφέλη||cloud}} Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), {{suffix|en||-genous}} + -genous Head templates: {{en-adj}} nepheligenous (comparative more nepheligenous, superlative most nepheligenous)
  1. (rare, humorous) Producing clouds of smoke. Wikipedia link: Oliver Wendell Holmes Tags: humorous, rare
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