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aeriform

ae·ri·form

UK/ˈɛːɹɪfɔːm/ uncommon

adjective

1.

resembling air or having the form of air

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2.

characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air

  • “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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Origin

From Latin aer (“air”) + English -form.

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