Definition of aethereal Aethereal
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- aethereal (Adjective)
Alternative spelling of ethereal.
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| ethereal - of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution" | ||
| chemical science, chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | ||
| ethereal - characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing" | ||
| gossamer | ||
| delicate exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" | ||
| ethereal - of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death" | ||
| celestial, supernal | ||
| heavenly of or belonging to heaven or god | ||
| 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" | ||
| aeriform, aerial, airy, aery | ||
| unsubstantial, insubstantial, unreal lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" | ||
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Wiktionary
- ethereal (Adjective)
Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. - ethereal (Adjective)
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. - ethereal (Adjective)
Delicate, light and airy.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ethereal (a.)
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. - ethereal (a.)
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. - ethereal (a.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts.
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ethereal
Light, airy, or tenuous.
