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ethereal
[ ih-theer-ee-uhl ]
/ ÉŖĖĪøÉŖÉr i Él /
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adjective
light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination.
extremely delicate or refined: ethereal beauty.
heavenly or celestial: gone to his ethereal home.
of or relating to the upper regions of space.
Chemistry. pertaining to, containing, or resembling ether.
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Origin of ethereal
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Words nearby ethereal
Ethelred II, Ethelwulf, ethene, ethephon, ether, ethereal, etherealize, Etherege, etheric, etherify, etherize
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British Dictionary definitions for ethereal
ethereal
/ (ÉŖĖĪøÉŖÉrÉŖÉl) /
adjective
extremely delicate or refined; exquisite
almost as light as air; impalpable; airy
celestial or spiritual
of, containing, or dissolved in an ether, esp diethyl etheran ethereal solution
of or relating to the ether
Derived forms of ethereal
ethereality or etherealness, nounethereally, adverbWord Origin for ethereal
C16: from Latin aethereus, from Greek aitherios, from aithÄr ether
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