aeriform Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite resembling air or having the form of air
airlike.
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adjective satellite characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
airy; aerial; aery; ethereal.
- figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle
- aerial fancies
- an airy apparition
- physical rather than ethereal forms
WordNet
A"ër*i*form adjective
(Also<
- Aeriform
- Aëriform
)
Etymology
L.Definitions
Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.