ethereous

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English

Etymology

Latin aethereus, from Ancient Greek.

Adjective

ethereous (comparative more ethereous, superlative most ethereous)

  1. (obsolete) Formed of ether; ethereal.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker ; nd by Robert Boulter ; nd Matthias Walker, , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:
      this ethereous mould whereon we stand
  2. (obsolete, chemistry) Of or resembling ether.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ethereous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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