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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 pertaining to the upper regions of space.
5.
Chemistry. pertaining to, containing, or resembling ethyl ether.
Also, aethereal (for defs. 1–4).
Origin:
1505–15; < Latin aethere(us) (< Greek aithérios), equivalent to aether- ether + -eus adj. suffix + -al1
1505–15; < Latin aethere(us) (< Greek aithérios), equivalent to aether- ether + -eus adj. suffix + -al1
Related forms
e·the·re·al·i·ty, e·the·re·al·ness, noun
e·the·re·al·ly, adverb
e·the·re·ous, adjective
non·e·the·re·al, adjective
non·e·the·re·al·ly, adverb
EXPANDnon·e·the·re·al·ness, noun
non·e·the·re·al·i·ty, noun
un·e·the·re·al, adjective
un·e·the·re·al·ly, adverb
un·e·the·re·al·ness, noun
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Word Origin & History
ethereal
1510s, from ether + -al; extended sense of "light, airy" is from 1598.
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ethereal e·the·re·al (ĭ-thēr'ē-əl)
adj.
Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible.
Of, relating to, or containing ether.
e·the're·al'i·ty (-āl'ĭ-tē) or e·the're·al·ness n.
e·the're·al·ly adv.
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