Nebulosity \Neb`u*los"i*ty\, n. [L. nebulositas: cf. F. n['e]bulosit['e]] 1. The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; hazeness; mistiness; nebulousness. The nebulosity . . . of the mother idiom. --I. Disraeli. 2. (Astron.) (a) The stuff of which a nebula is formed. (b) A nebula.