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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TYPIFY

(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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