AERIFORM

aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal

(adjective) 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”

aeriform, airlike

(adjective) resembling air or having the form of air

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

aeriform

Pertaining to air.

Having a form similar to that of air.

Light, unsubstantial, or unstable.

Source: Wiktionary


A"ër*i*form, a. Etym: [L. aër air + -form: cf. F. aériforme.]

Definition: Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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