etherial

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A form of ethereal — Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.

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Meanings

adjectiveetherial (comparative more etherial, superlative most etherial)

comparative more etherial · superlative most etherial

  1. archaicArchaic form of ethereal.

    Etherial visitants of earth, / Foiled benefactors, proves your worth / But sundry texts, disowned in mart, / Light scratched, not graved on man's hard heart?

    1876, Herman Melville, “Canto XVIII. The Hill-side.”, in Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons […], →OCLC, part IV (Bethlehem), pages 512–513
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    Sure he preſum'd of praiſe, vvho came to ſtock / Th' etherial paſtures vvith ſo fair a flock; / Burniſh'd, and bat'ning on their food, to ſhovv / The diligence of carefull herds belovv.

    1687, [John Dryden], “[The First Part]”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 22

Origin

From ether + -ial.

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etherial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etherial

MLA

“etherial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etherial. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “etherial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/etherial.

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