ethereal
pronunciation
How to pronounce ethereal in British English: UK [iˈθɪəriəl]
How to pronounce ethereal in American English: US [iˈθɪriəl]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
- of or containing or dissolved in ether
- of heaven or the spirit
- characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy
Word Origin
- ethereal (adj.)
- formerly also etherial, 1510s, "of the highest regions of the atmosphere," from ether + -ial; extended sense of "light, airy" is from 1590s. Figurative meaning "spirit-like, immaterial" is from 1640s. Related: Ethereally.
Example
- 1. She was a pale , ethereal creature .
- 2. The effect of these simple depictions , in the darkness , was ethereal and emotive .
- 3. She could feel their ethereal auras full of excitement .
- 4. Some of his best work is his most ethereal .
- 5. She is pure and ethereal .