Definition of "vaporific" []

• Producing or turning to vapor. (adjective)
• Having the nature of vapor; vaporous. (adjective)

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• "The knock on modern poetry is that at best it's willfully obscure, at worst a con job - insulting, vaporific nonsense for intellectual poseurs who should just face facts: There never will be a poem as lovely as a tree."