aeriform (adj.)

  1. resembling air or having the form of air

    [ Syn: airlike ]

  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

    [ Syn: aerial , airy , aery , ethereal ]

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