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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024e•the•re•al /ɪˈθɪriəl/USA pronunciation adj. - light;
airy; extremely delicate: ethereal beauty.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•the•re•al (i thēr′ē əl),USA pronunciation adj. - light, airy, or tenuous:an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination.
- extremely delicate or refined:ethereal beauty.
- heavenly or celestial:gone to his ethereal home.
- of or pertaining to the upper regions of space.
- Chemistrypertaining to, containing, or resembling ethyl ether.
Also, aethereal (for defs. 1–4). - Greek aithérios), equivalent. to aether- ether + -eus adjective, adjectival suffix + -al1
- Latin aethere(us) (
- 1505–15
e•the′re•al′i•ty, e•the′re•al•ness, n. e•the′re•al•ly, adv. e•the′re•ous, adj. |