ethereal
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ethereal
- /ɪˈθɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ UK
- /ɪˈθɪɚ.i.əl/ US
- /iˈθɪɚ.i.əl/ US
- /iˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/ Australia
- /əˈθɪə̯.ri.əl/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Latin aetherius (“of or pertaining to the ether, the sky, Heaven or the air or upper air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθέριος (aithérios, “of or pertaining to the upper air”). By surface analysis, ether + -ial.
adjective more ethereal · most ethereal · aethereal · aetherial · æthereal · ætherial
- Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere. Near-synonyms: aereous, celestial
- Pertaining to the immaterial realm, as symbolically represented by, or (in earlier epochs) conflated with, such atmospheric and extra-atmospheric concepts. Near-synonyms: celestial, incorporeal, insubstantial, intangible, spiritual, uncorporeal, mystical, otherworldly, transcendental; see also Thesaurus:cosmic
- Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. Vaſt chain of being ! which from God began, / Ethereal Eſſence, Spirit, Subſtance, Man, / Beaſt, Bird, Fiſh, Inſect ! [...]
noun aethereal · aetherial · æthereal · ætherial · æthereall · ætheriall
- Ellipsis of ethereal wave (“music genre”).ethereal wave
