the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistiness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Steamy or vaporous character or quality; mistiness.
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n. cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
Word Usage
"The play, under Michael John Garces's taut direction, is a gritty depiction of the ritualistic world of gangs in barrios and prisons, and reminiscent in its theatrical bloodiness and steaminess of "Oz," the late 1990s HBO cellblock drama."