ethereal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ethereal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ethereal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ethereal adj 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" Synonym(s): aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution" of heaven or the spirit; "celestial peace"; "ethereal melodies"; "the supernal happiness of a quiet death" Synonym(s): celestial, ethereal, supernal characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing" Synonym(s): ethereal, gossamer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ethereal \Ethe"real\, a. 1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. --Milton. 2. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. --Pope. 3. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts. {Ethereal oil}. (Chem.) See {Essential oil}, under {Essential}. {Ethereal oil of wine} (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also {heavy oil of wine} (distinguished from oil of wine, or [d2]nanthic ether). {Ethereal salt} (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester.