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ethereal

[ ih-theer-ee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. light, airy, or tenuous:

    an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination.

  2. extremely delicate or refined:

    ethereal beauty.

  3. heavenly or celestial:

    gone to his ethereal home.

  4. of or relating to the upper regions of space.
  5. Chemistry. pertaining to, containing, or resembling ether.


ethereal

/ ɪˈθɪəɪə /

adjective

  1. extremely delicate or refined; exquisite
  2. almost as light as air; impalpable; airy
  3. celestial or spiritual
  4. of, containing, or dissolved in an ether, esp diethyl ether

    an ethereal solution

  5. of or relating to the ether
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٳˈٲ, noun
  • ˈٳ𲹱, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ٳr·i·ٲ ·ٳ۱··Ա noun
  • ·ٳ۱·· adverb
  • ·ٳ۱·dzܲ adjective
  • ԴDze·ٳ۱· adjective
  • non·ٳ۱·· adverb
  • non·ٳ۱··Ա noun
  • non·ٳr·i·ٲ noun
  • ܲe·ٳ۱· adjective
  • un·ٳ۱·· adverb
  • un·ٳ۱··Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ethereal1

First recorded in 1505–15; from Latin aethere(us) (from Greek ٳéDz ), equivalent to aether- ether + -eus adjective suffix + -al 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ethereal1

C16: from Latin aethereus, from Greek aitherios, from ٳŧ ether
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The result is ethereal, further enhancing the image/object conundrum.

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Her commission — an 11-by-26½-foot tapestry invoking the ethereal topography of Mars — was being woven on one of the largest Jacquard looms in the world.

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Dior's latest collection embraced see-through material and presented it in an ethereal way, with intricate detailing and gender-fluid silhouettes.

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But what might we have missed without that lucky pooch’s ability to hear higher frequencies of the ethereal bell tones?

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It’s a complex, romantic, ethereal song that some great singer in any era could’ve made beautiful.

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