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aery

1

or aër·y

[air-ee, ey-uh-ree]
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adjective, aer·i·er, aer·i·est.

ethereal; aerial.

RELATED WORDS

aerial, airy, bleary, cloudy, diaphanous, dim, ethereal, gauzy, gossamer, hazy, milky, misty, opalescent, opaque, pearly, sheer, transparent, vaporous, blurred, gossamery

Nearby words

  1. aerotow,
  2. aerotrain,
  3. aerotropism,
  4. aeruginous,
  5. aerugo,
  6. aes,
  7. aeschines,
  8. aeschylean,
  9. aeschylus,
  10. aesculapian

Origin of aery

1
1580–90; < Latin āerius < Greek āérios, equivalent to āer- aer- + -ios adj. suffix
Related formsaer·i·ly, adverb

aery

2
[air-ee, eer-ee]

noun, plural aer·ies.

aerie.

aerie

or aer·y

[air-ee, eer-ee]

noun, plural aer·ies.

the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
a lofty nest of any large bird.
a house, fortress, or the like, located high on a hill or mountain.
an apartment or office on a high floor in a high-rise building: a penthouse aerie with a spectacular view.
Obsolete. the brood in a nest, especially of a bird of prey.
Also eyrie, eyr·y.

Origin of aerie

1575–85; < Anglo-French, Old French airie, equivalent to aire (< Latin ager field, presumably “nest” in Vulgar Latin; see acre) + ie -y3; compare Medieval Latin aerea, aeria “aerie, brood” < Old French aire
Can be confusedaerie airyaerie eerie Erie
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British Dictionary definitions for aery

aery

1

adjective poetic

a variant spelling of airy
lofty, insubstantial, or visionary

Word Origin for aery

C16: via Latin from Greek aērios, from aēr air

noun plural aeries

a variant spelling of eyrie

aerie

noun

a variant spelling (esp US) of eyrie
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Word Origin and History for aery

aerie

n.

"eagle's nest," 1580s (attested in Anglo-Latin from early 13c.), from Old French aire "nest," Medieval Latin area "nest of a bird of prey" (12c.), perhaps from Latin area "level ground, garden bed" [Littré], though some doubt this [Klein]. Another theory connects it to atrium. Formerly misspelled eyrie (1660s) on the mistaken assumption that it derived from Middle English ey "egg."

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