 aeriform |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] resembling air or having the form of air | |
| Synonyms: | airlike | |
| Related terms: | gaseous | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | |
| Synonyms: | ethereal airy aery aerial | |
| Examples: | "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle "aerial fancies" "an airy apparition" "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
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| Related terms: | insubstantial | |
| Similar spelling: |
auriform aeriferous arboriform |
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