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Ethereal   /ɪθˈɪriəl/   Listen
Ethereal

adjective
1.
Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air.  Synonyms: aerial, aeriform, aery, airy.  "Aerial fancies" , "An airy apparition" , "Physical rather than ethereal forms"
2.
Of or containing or dissolved in ether.
3.
Of heaven or the spirit.  Synonyms: celestial, supernal.  "Ethereal melodies" , "The supernal happiness of a quiet death"
4.
Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy.  Synonym: gossamer.  "Gossamer shading through his playing"






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"Ethereal" Quotes from Famous Books



... flood. Whoe'er beneath the curse of heaven from that immaculate world had fled, To th' impure earth in exile driven, to that all-holy baptism sped; And purified from every sin, to the bright spirit's bliss restor'd, Th' ethereal sphere they entered in, and through th' empyreal mansions soar'd. The world in solemn jubilee beheld those heavenly waves draw near, From sin and dark pollution free, bathed in the blameless waters clear. Swift king Bhagiratha drave upon his lofty glittering car, And swift with ...
— National Epics • Kate Milner Rabb

... the emotions of life. Certainly both have the power of transporting men to superhuman ecstasies; both are means to unearthly states of mind. Art and religion belong to the same world. Both are bodies in which men try to capture and keep alive their shyest and most ethereal conceptions. The kingdom of neither is of this world. Rightly, therefore, do we regard art and religion as twin manifestations of the spirit; wrongly do some speak of art as a manifestation ...
— Art • Clive Bell

... greater interest and reverence than ever. This did not prevent her reading Sara a great many lectures on constancy, and giving her own opinions on what true love ought to be—opinions which were a little too ethereal for Miss Derwent's comprehension, but which she liked very ...
— Olive - A Novel • Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)

... there was a yet brighter radiance cast over the royal halls, there was a spirit of light and glory in every word and action of the youthful enthusiast, Nigel Bruce, that acted as with magic power on all around; known in the court of England but as a moody visionary boy, whose dreams were all too ethereal to guide him in this nether world, whose hand, however fitted to guide a pen, was all too weak to wield a sword; the change, or we should rather say the apparent change, perceived in him occasioned many an ...
— The Days of Bruce Vol 1 - A Story from Scottish History • Grace Aguilar

... the common earth, and she seeks the treetops to be nearer the sky," said Nyoda banteringly. "If I may intrude such a material question among your ethereal desires," she continued, "how are you going to ...
— The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods - Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping • Hildegard G. Frey


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