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1. (adj.) ethereal
light, airy, or tenuous.
2. ethereal
extremely delicate or refined:
ethereal beauty.
3. ethereal
heavenly or celestial.
4. ethereal
of or pertaining to the upper regions of space.
5. ethereal
pertaining to, containing, or resembling ethyl ether.
Etymology: (1505–15; < L aethere(us) < Gk aithérios)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
"figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"
2. (adj) ethereal
of or containing or dissolved in ether
"ethereal solution"
3. (adj) celestial, ethereal, supernal
of heaven or the spirit
"celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
4. (adj) ethereal, gossamer
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
"this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
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1. (adj) ethereal
pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions
2. (adj) ethereal
consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc
3. (adj) ethereal
pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts
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