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Ethereal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ethereal? [adj] 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" [adj] characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing" [adj] of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death" [adj] (chemistry) of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ethereal: aerial \| aeriform \| aery \| airy \| celestial \| delicate \| gossamer \| heavenly \| insubstantial \| supernal \| unreal \| unsubstantial Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ethereal: adulterated \| aerial \| aeriform \| aerodynamic \| aerostatic \| aery \| air-built \| airish \| airlike \| airy \| alfresco \| altitudinous \| ascending \| asomatous \| aspiring \| astral \| atmospheric \| attenuate \| attenuated \| beatific \| beatified \| blessed \| bodiless \| boyish \| breezy \| bubbly \| celestial \| chimeric \| chimerical \| cloud-born \| cloud-built \| cloud-woven \| colossal \| cut \| decarnate \| decarnated \| delicate \| diaphanous \| dilute \| diluted \| discarnate \| disembodied \| dominating \| downy \| dreamlike \| ectoplasmic \| elevated \| Elysian \| eminent \| empyreal \| empyrean \| etheric \| exalted \| exposed \| extramundane \| extraterrestrial \| fanciful \| fatuitous \| fatuous \| feathery \| filmy \| fine \| fine-drawn \| finespun \| flimsy \| fluffy \| foamy \| fragile \| frail \| from on high \| frothy \| fuming \| fumy \| gaseous \| gasified \| gasiform \| gaslike \| gassy \| gauzy \| ghostish \| ghostlike \| ghostly \| ghosty \| girlish \| glorified \| gossamer \| gossamery \| gracile \| haughty \| heavenly \| high \| high-pitched \| high-reaching \| high-set \| high-up \| illusory \| imaginary \| immaterial \| impalpable \| imponderable \| imponderous \| in glory \| incorporate \| incorporeal \| insubstantial \| intangible \| lacy \| leger \| light \| light as air \| lighter than vanity \| lofty \| mephitic \| miasmal \| miasmatic \| miasmic \| misty \| monumental \| mounting \| mousse \| nonmaterial \| nonphysical \| occult \| Olympian \| open-air \| otherworldly \| outtopping \| overlooking \| overtopping \| oxyacetylene \| oxygenous \| ozonic \| papery \| paradisaic \| paradisal \| paradisiac \| paradisic \| phantasmal \| phantasmic \| phantom \| phantomic \| phantomlike \| pneumatic \| prominent \| psychic \| rare \| rarefied \| reeking \| reeky \| roomy \| shadowy \| slender \| slenderish \| slight \| slight-made \| slim \| slimmish \| slinky \| small \| smoking \| smoky \| soaring \| souffle \| specterlike \| spectral \| spiring \| spiritual \| spirituous \| steaming \| steamy \| steep \| sublime \| subtile \| subtle \| superlative \| supernal \| supernatural \| svelte \| sylphlike \| tenuous \| thin \| thin-bodied \| thinned \| thinned-out \| thinnish \| thin-set \| thin-spun \| threadlike \| topless \| toplofty \| topping \| towering \| towery \| transcendental \| transmundane \| tropospheric \| uncompact \| uncompressed \| unearthly \| unembodied \| unextended \| unfleshly \| unheavy \| unphysical \| unreal \| unsubstantial \| unworldly \| uplifted \| upreared \| vague \| vaporing \| vaporish \| vaporlike \| vaporous \| vapory \| volatile \| wasp-waisted \| watered \| watered-down \| watery \| weak \| weightless \| willowy \| windy \| wiredrawn \| wispy \| wraithlike \| wraithy \| yeasty See Also \| Ethereal In Webster's Dictionary \Ethe"real\, a. 1. 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. Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. --Milton. 2. 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, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. --Pope. 3. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts. {Ethereal oil}. (Chem.) See {Essential oil}, under {Essential}. {Ethereal oil of wine} (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also {heavy oil of wine} (distinguished from oil of wine, or [oe]nanthic ether). {Ethereal salt} (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester.

Ethereal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ethereal?

[adj] 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"
[adj] characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
[adj] of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death"
[adj] (chemistry) of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution"

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Ethereal In Webster's Dictionary

\E*the"re*al\, a.
1. 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.

         Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. --Milton.

2. 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, Natures
         ethereal, human, angel, man.          --Pope.

3. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether;
   as, ethereal salts.

{Ethereal oil}. (Chem.) See {Essential oil}, under
   {Essential}.

{Ethereal oil of wine} (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid
   consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl
   sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after
   etherification. Called also {heavy oil of wine}
   (distinguished from oil of wine, or [oe]nanthic ether).

{Ethereal salt} (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a
   base; an ester.

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