Lexic.us

Definition of Ethereal

1. Adjective. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air. "Physical rather than ethereal forms"

2. Adjective. Of or containing or dissolved in ether. "Ethereal solution"

3. Adjective. Of heaven or the spirit. "The supernal happiness of a quiet death"

4. Adjective. Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy. "Gossamer shading through his playing"

Definition of Ethereal

1. a. 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.

Definition of Ethereal

1. airy [adj] - See also: airy

Medical Definition of Ethereal

1. 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; characterised by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. "Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man." (Pope) 3. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts. Ethereal oil. A salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethereal

ethene ethenes ethenic ethenoadenosine triphosphate ethenyl ethenylbenzene ethenylene etheostomoid ethephon ethephons

ether ether ethercap ethercaps ethereal (current term) ethereal (current term) etherealities ethereality etherealization etherealize

etherealized etherealizes etherealizing ethereally etherealness etherealnesses ethereal oil ethereal solution ethereal tincture ethereous

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