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▪ I. aery, a.|ˈɛərɪ|
Also aerie.
[ad. L. āeri-us, f. āer the air.]
Aerial; hence etherial, spiritual, incorporeal, unsubstantial, visionary. (In later usage only poetic; a favourite word with Milton.)
1586T. B. tr. La Primaudaye's Fr. Acad. (1594) 560 Al living creatures, whether earthie, watrie, aërie, or flying. 1634Milton Comus 208 Beckoning shadows dire, And aery tongues that syllable men's names. 1667― P.L. ii. 536 Before each Van Pric forth the Aerie Knights, and couch their spears. 1727Thomson Summer 585 Thus up the mount, in aëry vision wrapt, I stray. 1855M. Arnold New Sirens 72 Her load of streaming tresses Weigh'd, like Ossa, on the aery soul.
Comb. aery-light, of aerial lightness, light as air.
1667Milton P.L. v. 4 His sleep Was Aerie light, from pure digestion bred.
▪ II. aery
variant spelling of aerie. |